A&E Networks orders a Kareen Abdul-Jabbar-produced documentary on the history of protests, plus docuseries on Black comedy and hip-hop

TheWrap

The basketball icon's History channel documentary Fight the Power: The Protests That Changed America will look at the impact key protests have had on the evolution of the U.S. and will explore the question: Does the arc of the moral universe bend toward justice when pressure is applied? “The history of protest in America is also the history of social progress,” said Abdul-Jabbar. Meanwhile, A&E has ordered the four-hour docuseries Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution, which explores the evolution of Black comedy and comedians who have used pointed humor to expose, challenge and ridicule society’s injustices and to articulate the Black experience in America. A&E has also picked up Secret Origins of Hip Hop, featuring some of hip-hop's biggest stars sharing the stories and events that molded them into the artists they became.