WORLD (MT)

5:30 pm 

Basic Black  "Live"  This week on Basic Black: in the middle of Black History Month, we ask the question posed by the provocative new film premiering on PBS' Independent Lens series: Is Black History Month still necessary? The film More Than A Month is a chronicle of filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman?s one-man quest to end Black History Month. This program will be a special national live broadcast on WGBH's World channel, and is a collaboration with The Root.com, a leading online source for news and commentary from an African American perspective. D

6:00 pm 

Stokes: An American Dream   STOKES: AN AMERICAN DREAM profiles two African-American brothers who changed the course of American politics - Louis and Carl Stokes. Carl, the first black mayor of a major American city, and Louis, the first black U.S. congressman from Ohio, overcame humble beginnings in their pursuit of high political office. D

6:30 pm 

Independent Lens  "The Order of Myths"  At America's oldest Mardi Gras - celebrated each year in Mobile, Alabama -- events remain segregated between white and black residents. This program looks beneath the surface of pageantry and reveals a complex story about race relations and the ever-present racial divide that persists in America. D

8:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

9:00 pm 

Nightly Business Report   NULL

9:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

10:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

11:00 pm 

Not In Our Town: Class Actions   The program, part of an intermittent series on human rights, profiles students and community members who are creating change in the wake of racism, anti-Semitism, and the traumatic consequences of bullying.G

11:30 pm 

Independent Lens  "The Order of Myths"  At America's oldest Mardi Gras - celebrated each year in Mobile, Alabama -- events remain segregated between white and black residents. This program looks beneath the surface of pageantry and reveals a complex story about race relations and the ever-present racial divide that persists in America. D