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Boiling Point

2021 - PresentNR4.7

Boiling Point investigates instances of police brutality, voter suppression, school segregation, environmental racism and mass incarceration throughout American history, and the impact those injustices have had on equality.

Episodes:

Episode 1 L.A.

1. L.A.

Aired: Feb 21, 2021

The 1992 L.A. riots that erupted after the officers on trial for beating Rodn...

Episode 2 Attica

2. Attica

Aired: Feb 28, 2021

The roots of America's mass incarceration problem are traced back to the 1971...

Episode 3 Bloody Sunday

3. Bloody Sunday

Aired: Mar 9, 2021

John Lewis and other civil rights activists faced down police on a Selma, AL,...

Episode 4 Schoolhouse Door

4. Schoolhouse Door

Aired: Mar 14, 2021

Alabama Governor George Wallace's attempt to bar two Black students from ente...

Episode 5 Hurricane Katrina

5. Hurricane Katrina

Aired: Mar 23, 2021

Environmental racism, like the federal government's inadequate response to Hu...

Episode 6 George Floyd

6. George Floyd

Aired: Mar 30, 2021

The murders of George Floyd, Michael Brown and other victims of excessive for...

Info about Boiling Point

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BET

Genres:Documentary