Boiling Point

One Man's Story from Inside Attica

Season 1 • 03/02/2021

Akil Shakur, who was formerly incarcerated at Attica Correctional Facility, describes the prison's inhumane conditions and recounts the events leading up to the 1971 uprising.

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Boiling Point Investigates Moments That Changed History

Look back at important events in the fight for racial justice, from Bloody Sunday to Black Lives Matter marches, on the six-part docuseries Boiling Point, premiering Sunday at 8/7c.
02/18/2021
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Extended Story - Attica

Akil Shakur, who was formerly incarcerated at Attica Correctional Facility, describes the prison's inhumane conditions and recounts the events leading up to the 1971 uprising.
03/19/2021
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04:17

One Man's Story from Inside Attica

Akil Shakur, who was formerly incarcerated at Attica Correctional Facility, describes the prison's inhumane conditions and recounts the events leading up to the 1971 uprising.
03/02/2021
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Extended Story - Bloody Sunday

Lynda Blackmon-Lowery, who was the youngest person to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL, in 1965, reflects on her experience fighting for civil rights at the age of 14.
04/29/2021
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Extended Story - Hurricane Katrina

Dr. Eboni Price-Haywood reflects on her father's cancer diagnosis shaping her medical career and the life-threatening circumstances patients faced in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
03/19/2021
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Extended Story: Through One Doctor's Eyes

Dr. Eboni Price-Haywood reflects on her father's cancer diagnosis shaping her medical career and the life-threatening circumstances patients faced in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
03/19/2021
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Extended Story - Los Angeles

Bobby Green recalls how the voice of God compelled him to leave his house and save Reginald Denny, a man pulled from his truck and beaten during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.
03/19/2021
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Extended Story - George Floyd

Civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong explains her journey to becoming a social justice activist and how overreliance on law enforcement has negatively impacted Black communities.
03/30/2021
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Extended Story - Schoolhouse Door

Professor Michael Eric Dyson explains how Black students like Autherine Lucy, James Meredith and the Little Rock Nine challenged school segregation in the South despite fierce opposition.
03/30/2022
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