Road Scholars | Trailer
Preview: Season 9 Episode 1 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Young Black men seek wisdom from an older generation, hoping to avoid becoming another statistic.
In 2009, twelve at-risk Black teenage boys set out to interview Black men from all walks of life. The kids hoped that what they learned might keep them from the streets. Today, they are young men coming of age in an America trying to turn back the clock on tolerance and race. When they reunite with the older generation, can the wisdom of the past help keep them from becoming yet another statistic?
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Road Scholars | Trailer
Preview: Season 9 Episode 1 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
In 2009, twelve at-risk Black teenage boys set out to interview Black men from all walks of life. The kids hoped that what they learned might keep them from the streets. Today, they are young men coming of age in an America trying to turn back the clock on tolerance and race. When they reunite with the older generation, can the wisdom of the past help keep them from becoming yet another statistic?
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipTINA: In America, what are the challenges facing Black men?
- It was an incident that I'll remember for the rest of my life.
It was a white cop.
He has his gun drawn.
- You have people who look at you as if you're educated and you're not as .
.
.
- As Black.
- Yeah, not as Black to them.
- All of us have been stopped or pulled over at some point by an officer.
We were just in trouble for driving while Black.
TINA: A teacher introduces young Black men to older Black men who faced some of the same challenges.
For better.
- Can guarantee you this, we are coming.
TINA: And for worse.
- If it was selling crack, it was selling coke, it was selling weed, or was putting a pistol on somebody.
I did that.
THELMA STRAIGHT: So I wondered, had any of these conversations made a difference?
TINA: Years later, she reunited the group.
- Nice to meet you again, Mr. Yeats, after so many years.
- What advice would you give us on how to navigate racism?
- But don't runaway.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Stay and fight the good fight.
It's worth it.
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