WQED

How It Feels To Be Free

Carroll tells the story of when she spoke up in an early makeup session for the TV show “Julia.”

The musician talks about why she admires Horne so much.

Historian Ruth Feldstein on the role of women entertainers in the civil rights movement.

Waithe describes how Tyson's natural hair was an inspiration to many others.

Having a role model on TV who looked like her made a big difference for Halle Berry.

Producer, actor and writer Lena Waithe on the mixed feelings Blaxploitation evokes.

Tyson was mindful of how she performed Black womanhood.

Julian Eltinge was a female impersonator who was once America's highest paid performer.

Explore the world of a literary icon whose fiction was unlike anything published before.

Explore choreographer Twyla Tharp’s career and famously rigorous creative process.