The Story

Tonight, PBS is broadcasting a documentary film, "When I Rise," about the extraordinary life of Barbara Smith Conrad.  Barbara is a gifted black mezzo-soprano who, as a music student at the University of Texas, found herself in a civil rights storm when she was cast in a leading role opposite a white student.

The story of the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong and how it grew in an organic way.

When Rovel Sparkes was growing up in Kingston, Jamaica, soccer created community in his neighborhood. Now Rovel does the same by offering a free camp in Oakland. We hear also from 11-year-old Keanu Dobo-Bracy, a camper and unofficial "coach!" 

There are songs that change the course of history. Artur Talvik still feels moved when he hears the song that helped give his country its freedom. He's an Estonian filmmaker who grew up under the iron thumb of the Soviet Union. He used to attend huge song festivals, where Estonians would sing "My Homeland is My Love." That song helped remind them of their dream of freedom, and it gave them courage when, in 1991, Artur and other Estonians stood down Soviet tanks. Also in this episode: remembering William F. Buckley.