Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals is a living civil rights icon. In this video she reflects on her experience as one of the Little Rock Nine at the age of 15, and how insights from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and spiritual guidance from her grandmother helped her to achieve the perspective and perseverance needed to face the many struggles she bravely chose to endure.
Hospice Patients' Pets
The Mercy Pet Peace of Mind program partners with Second Chance Ranch to make sure people who are living in hospice can rest easy knowing their furry friends will have a home and be taken care of after they're gone.
Frankie Freeman On Civil Rights
Civil Rights Attorney and Activist FrankieFreeman spent her life fighting discrimination and helping to establish civil rights policies. She was notably the first woman to be appointed to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
Half American by Dr. Delmont
Dr. Matthew F. Delmont's fifth book explores the circumstances surrounding African Americans in combat during World War II, including the purposely hidden history of the Black American struggle to fully participate in the war.
One on One with Buzz Bissinger
Pulitzer Prize winner Buzz Bissinger is the author of Friday Night Lights and a journalist for The New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair. In this conversation with HEC's Rod Milam he discusses his new book The Mosquito Bowl.
Meet Gary Gacksatter
Gary Gacksatter is a composer, conductor, artist, and educator at St. Louis Community College - Meramec. In this video he discusses his upbringing and what inspires him as a teacher and as an artist.
Watch Spotlight every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on Channel 11
In this week's episode, a distinguished professor tells the real story of over one million African American soldiers who served in World War II, a civil rights pioneer who offers powerful words of wisdom, seniors fight the wintertime blues with fitness that strengthens their bodies and minds, a tour of some St. Louis history that you might not know about, Missouri’s first known female artist on display through the end of the month, and a local book bringing to life the history of St. Louis’ Garment District.
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