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| How One Gesture Shook the 1968 Olympics and Inspired Future Generations |  |
| | Athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos turned the 1968 Summer Olympics upside down with a simple gesture: When receiving their medals, they stood quietly with heads bowed and fists raised. Fifty years later, this moment can still be inspiring, controversial and misunderstood. Learn what led Smith and Carlos to take that action and about the consequences that followed in The Stand: How One Gesture Shook The World, a new documentary featuring interviews with the athletes and others involved.
Watch The Stand on Sunday, February 6, at 9pm on KQED Plus. It will also be available to members with KQED Passport starting Friday, February 25. | | |
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| Go Incredibly Small to Explore Nature’s Hidden Marvels |  |
| | | KQED’s award-winning video series Deep Look is back in a ninth season, offering a close-up, often unnoticed view of the natural world. The first episode of the season takes a look at the elusive and shapeshifting Australian Walking Stick — a master of disguise. New episodes will drop on KQED.org and on the Deep Look YouTube Channel every three weeks starting January 11. | | |
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| How Blue Jeans Revolutionized the World |  |
| | | Jeans are now a staple of clothing worldwide, but how did this iconic American garment become so popular? In a new documentary from American Experience, explore the history of jeans from their roots in slavery to the current role they play in fashion and pop culture. Riveted: the History of Jeans premieres Monday, February 7, at 9pm on KQED 9. | | |
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| Inspiring and Informative Programming to Celebrate Black History Month |
| February marks the beginning of Black History Month. Discover the stories you may not know about, or explore more about the ones you already know. KQED is airing a special television programming lineup that includes Owned: A Tale of Two Americas; The American Diplomat; Fannie Lou Hamer’s America: An America ReFramed Special, and much more. | | |
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| | | Stanford Summer Session | Stanford Summer Session – where exceptional high school, gap year, and university students take courses and earn credit as visiting Stanford students for the summer.
Learn more at summer.stanford.edu
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| Upcoming KQED Live Events |  |
| | Check out the February KQED Live events, which are hosted in our newly reimagined San Francisco headquarters with the option to stream online.
Rebel Girls Bingo | Friday, February 18, at 7pm
KQED writer Rae Alexandra and producer Carly Severn will host a history bingo night and mixer on KQED's new terrace to celebrate the unsung women who helped shape today’s Bay Area.
Afro-Latin Flavors with Chef Nelson German | Tuesday, February 24, at 7pm
Meet Nelson German, Top Chef contestant and chef-owner of Alamar and Sobre Meda, about his journey into the culinary world and his current venture to bring Afro-Latin flavors to the Bay Area through food and drinks.
Why Reparations? | Thursday February 24 at 7pm
Reparations for Black people in California and the state's sordid history with slavery is the focus of a task force created by Governor Gavin Newsom and state legislators. The task force will submit proposals for reparations in June. What are we really talking about when discuss reparations? And why now?
Kristi Yamaguchi with Forum | Friday, February 25, at 7pm
Bay Area native, Olympic gold medalist and Dancing with the Stars winner Kristi Yamaguchi joins Forum to talk figure skating, the winter Olympics, life after competition and how she’s supporting children’s literacy through her nonprofit Always Dream. | | |
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