Daniel Murphree

Feb 19, 2025 | rsu.tv | Daniel Murphree

Explore the stories and contributions of Black jockeys, trainers, owners, grooms, and exercise riders in the 1800s who persevered through enslavement, the outbreak of the Civil War, segregation, and Jim Crow laws and were instrumental in laying the foundation of the Thoroughbred industry in America. This programming is licensed by RSU Public Television and is copyright of the respective owners. Any downloading, duplicating or other unauthorized use is prohibited.

Feb 19, 2025 | rsu.tv | Daniel Murphree

Black Fiddlers by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, traces the history of African-American violinists in the U.S. Featuring performances by descendants like Joe and Odell Thomson, and artists Rhiannon Giddens, it revives 300 years of Black music, with insights from historians and authors like Kip Lornell. This programming is licensed by RSU Public Television and is copyright of the respective owners. Any downloading, duplicating or other unauthorized use is prohibited.

Feb 13, 2025 | rsu.tv | Daniel Murphree

Travel across America in a 1965 Airstream trailer with filmmaker Tom Trinley, supported by well-known historians, as he tells the other side of the story at some of our nation’s best-known historic sites and monuments. This programming is licensed by RSU Public Television and is copyright of the respective owners. Any downloading, duplicating or other unauthorized use is prohibited.

Feb 11, 2025 | rsu.tv | Daniel Murphree

Explore the life and legacy of Kentucky-born author bell hooks, who wrote nearly 40 books and whose work on race, gender, class, and love helped redefine the feminist movement, making it more universal for all. The documentary features selections read by Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer and interviews with feminist activist Gloria Steinem, writers Crystal Wilkinson and Silas House, bell’s younger sister Gwenda Motley, and many others.

Feb 11, 2025 | rsu.tv | Daniel Murphree

This Daytime Emmy Award winning documentary tells the story of the children who lived the history behind the landmark desegregation case of Taylor vs. Board of Education of New Rochelle, NY – 1961. This case branded the city the “Little Rock of the North” in the press from California to Canada. It became a pivotal case that brought the Civil Rights struggle to the “tolerant” North East. With the best of intentions, Black parents sent their small children into white schools.