Monday, January 19th TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA
Take a Giant Step (1959)
Based on Louis S. Peterson's play about a black teenager coping with life in a predominantly white society.
Say Amen, Somebody (1982)
Filmmaker George T. Nierenberg surveys gospel music, featuring "Mother" Willie Mae Ford Smith and "Professor" Thomas A. Dorsey.
Freedom on My Mind (1994)
Filmmaker Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford profile the Mississippi voter registration project from 1961-'64.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
A 110-year-old former Louisiana slave (Cicely Tyson) reminisces about her life and society from the Civil War to germinating civil rights.
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
The tribute features newsreel clips of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., from 1955 to 1968, including his "I Have a Dream" speech.
I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)
James Baldwin revisits the settings of civil rights struggles of the 1960s in the Deep South.
Malcolm X (1992)
The civil-rights leader (Denzel Washington) rises from criminal to crusader, undergoing a religious conversion while jailed.
Uptight (1968)
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
Black Moderates and Black Militants
Three members of the Chicago Chapter of the Black Panther Party, including future congressman Bobby Rush, respectfully debate with the principal of an African American high school on strategies for ending racism.
The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)
The circumstances surrounding the murder of Black Panther Fred Hampton by Chicago police.
Black Panthers (1968)
The activities of the Black Panther Party as its members fought for the freedom of imprisoned co-founder Huey P. Newton.
Raton Pass (1951)
Homesteaders help a husband (Dennis Morgan) fight his wife (Patricia Neal) and her gunman (Steve Cochran) for their New Mexico ranch.
Operation Pacific (1951)
A U.S. submarine commander (John Wayne) alienates his crew and ex-wife (Patricia Neal), then takes on the Japanese fleet.