JSUTV will air special programs during Black History Month. Watch JSUTV at Comcast channel 14. Upcoming programs include:
Friday, Feb. 7, 4 p.m. When Cotton Blossoms: The Inspiring Life & Legacy of Dr. Lawrence C. Jones
Against all odds — including racism, tornadoes, financial woes and an attempted lynching — Dr. Laurence C. Jones succeeded in staring a school to educate the sons and daughters of impoverished sharecroppers: The Piney Woods Country Life School. Dr. Jones’ inspiring story and enduring legacy are celebrated on film using an artistic blend of archival and reenacted imagery.
Saturday, Feb. 8, 1 p.m. An Ordinary Hero: The True Story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
The amazing true story of one white Southern woman’s courage to choose her convictions and join the Civil Rights Movement. By the time she was 19, Joan Trumpauer was shot at, attacked, and put on death row, but that’s just the beginning of her remarkable journey to help change the world. Heralded as an unsung hero but disowned by her family, Joan takes us on an incredible journey of her life in the Civil Rights Movement and the power of the human spirit to persevere against the world. Shot over the course of a year in six states, ‘An Ordinary Hero’ is the only complete story of Joan Trumpauer and includes interviews with scholars, authors, journalists and those who fought along side this courageous woman.