Bounce TV to Celebrate Black History Month

BOUNCE TV (www.bouncetv.com), the nation's first-ever broadcast television network for African Americans, will honor Black History Month in February witha month-long programming tribute including some of the greatest African-American stories, motion pictures and performances of all-time.

The tribute will also include a new original short-form series of vignettes called "Today's History Makers" featuring influential African Americans such as Common, Tamar Braxton, K. Michelle and GRAMMY-winning producer, singer and songwriter The Dream sharing thoughts and perspective on contemporary African-American heroes. People discussed include: Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Keith Black, whose discoveries have revolutionized the treatment of brain cancer; Vernice "Flygirl" Amour, who became the first African-American female combat pilot during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Michele Roberts, the first female Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association and Mo'ne Davis, the first girl to earn a win pitching in Little League WORLD SERIES history.

BOUNCE TV HONORS BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2015
(All Times Eastern)

Sunday, February 1
9:00 p.m. Malcolm X - The story of America's fiery civil-rights leader who went from jail to leading a revolution, featuring Denzel Washington's acclaimed performance in the title role.

1:00 a.m. For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story Howard Rollins, Jr. starsasMedgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a true leader of the black community. Despite death threats and physical assaults on his family, Evers vows to stay in Jackson until his mission is complete.

Sunday, February 8
9:00 p.m. The Color Purple - The multiple Academy Award-winning motion picturebased on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker spans the years 1909 to 1949, relating the life of a Southern black woman virtually sold into a life of servitude to her brutal sharecropper husband.

12:30 a.m. Ghosts of Mississippi - The widow of murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers, (Played by Whoopi Goldberg) and a district attorney struggle to finally bring the murderer to justice.

Sunday, February 15
9:00 p.m. Sounder - Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education in this multiple-Oscar nominated classic starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield.

11:00 p.m. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Tyson also stars in this iconic and multiple award-winning film about a fictional African-American woman whose life began in slavery and ended at the inception of the Civil Rights Movement.

Sunday, February 22
9:00 p.m. Ray - From his humble beginnings in the South through his meteoric rise to the top of the music charts, Ray Charles' inspirational journey is a tale of hope, redemption and the power of the human spirit. Jamie Foxx won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the musical giant.

12:00 a.m. Mandela & de Klerk - The story of the negotiations between Civil rights activist Nelson Mandela (Sidney Poitier) and South African President F.W. de Klerk (Michael Caine) onetime ideological enemies for South Africa's ordered, legal, and peaceful transition to a full democracy.

BOUNCE TV targets African Americans with a programming mix of original series, theatrical motion pictures, documentaries, specials, game shows and inspirational faith-based programs. BOUNCE TV is currently seen in 90 markets, including all of the top African-American television markets, 90% of African-American television homes and 74% of the total television homes in the United States.

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