pbsthisdayinhistory: August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina Hits New Orleans Eight years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Category 4 storm claimed almost 2,000 lives and caused $80 billion in damage. Watch NOVA’s “Storm that Drowned a City” to see what led to the devastating floods that Katrina unleashed on New […]
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, PBS will air its award-winning documentary Brother Outsider, which tells the story of Bayard Rustin, an openly gay Black activist, and organizer of the 1963 March. The film will be broadcast on Wednesday, August 28th at 7 pm and midnight, EST. It will also be streaming […]
