The stories of performers Dona Drake and Merle Oberon who passed (Drake as Latina, Oberon as white) in order to succeed in Hollywood. In the end, was it even worth it?

The murder of Emmett Till helped to spark the Civil Right movement, but what many people don't know is that Emmett's dad, Louis Till, died ten years before his son in eerily similar circumstances.

James Edwards, the precursor to Sidney Poitier, is remembered

Author Alex Haley is credited with being the “Father of modern Genealogy” due to the meteoric success of his epic "Roots," but his since discovered plagiarism and manipulation of facts and fiction mar the legacy he strived to built

Remembering Mary Woodson, the woman who threw hot grits on soul legend, Al Green

Remembering Rodger Penzabene, the Motown songwriter whose painful relationship with his wife, Helga, inspired songs like "I Wish It Would Rain" and might have caused him to take his life at just 22.

Remembering the beautiful and talented 1970’s actress Teresa Graves and exploring the theory that she might have been the biological mother of Whitney Houston.

Alan Freed, known as the Father of Rock N Roll. A payola scandal served as his ultimate downfall.

Remembering model, Muse, and businesswoman Kim Porter, her relationships and suspicious death

The story of 1950s B movie actress Susan Cabot and how mental illness and experimental hormones drove her son, Timothy, into a matricidal rage

The shocking story of socialite Barbara Baekeland and her son, Antony Baekeland

They both had roles on the TV sitcom, What's Happening (hers starring, his recurring). She was a multitalented performer who sustained loss upon heartbreaking loss before her death. And his promising career prematurely ended with a death that was more than a little suspicious. What happened to Mabel King and Ray Vitte?

Remembering pioneering actress Dorothy Dandridge

The horror and infamy of L. A. 's most notorious hotel

Soul Queen And 27 Club Member Linda Jones is remembered

The story of George and Willie Muse, two black albino brothers who became circus performers

Remembering the trials, triumphs, tragedies and scandals of Soul Train creator Don Cornelius

Virginia Hill was the most notorious mobster moll of all time who eventually paid the price for her notorious associations

Depicted as evil in the media, New Orleans's voodoo queen, Marie Laveau was actually a committed healer and humanitarian as remembered in this episode

How A Thriving Black Town Became A Possibly Haunted Lake