This weekend, the Smithsonian Channel will rebroadcast their documentary examing the sit-ins at the Greensboro Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960.

The one-hour documentary, "Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4," tells the story of the four college freshmen from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College -- Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, David Richmond and Ezell Blair, Jr. -- who led the nonviolent sit-in to make a statement that everyone should be served there. The sit-in wasn't the first of the Civil Rights Movement, but the simple actions of these four men sparked a series of events that would help put an end to the Jim Crow laws of the South.

The special airs on Saturday, February 4 at 9pm and Thursday, February 9 at 8pm. Smithsonian Channel is on Time Warner Cable digital channel 1264, DirecTV 565 and 1565, and AT&T U-Verse 118 and 1118.

If you don't have access to the Smithsonian channel, you can watch "Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4" online at their website.

An Independent Lens documentary on Civil Rights leader Daisy Bates begins airing on UNC-TV this week.

In "Daisy Bates: First Lady of Arkansas," filmmaker Sharon La Cruise presents an unflinching look at the strong but complicated woman who led the integration of public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.

La Cruise uses archival news footage and old interviews with the charismatic Bates to tell the story, along with candid interviews with Bates' friends and Little Rock historians.  Some of the most striking interviews are with members of the Little Rock Nine who famously integrated the Little Rock Public School System.

"The Black List: Vol. 2" is the follow-up, duh, to Vol. 1, which was on HBO last year. It comes on tonight at 8.

If you're not familiar, the documentary features notable African-Americans being interviewed -- although you don't hear the questions by journalist Elvis Mitchell -- and revealing their stories of black life. It's a very simple approach to showing that there is no black monolith, no one black experience, and the Obamas aren't some freakish aberration.

Vol. 1, among others, featured Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Serena Williams, Faye Wattleton, Slash, Billl T. Jones and Vernon Jordan.

But I think Vol. 2 is stronger. Maybe it's because I'm less familiar with the stories of this group or maybe they are just more interesting. Whatever the reason, I found myself surprised more often.

Daddy Day Camp.

Boat Trip.

Snow Dogs.

Rat Race.

All those films get erased off Cuba Gooding Jr.'s "for shame" movie list because of "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story." It's on TNT Saturday night at 8.

I just loved it. Ben Carson (that's him with Cuba in the photo) is the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, and watching his life story made me want to be a better mother.