Two new PBS documentaries about Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglas air on WABE TV

A photographic portrait of famed abolitionist and political activist Harriet Tubman, whose life is the subject of a new PBS documentary. (Photo credit: Library of Congress)

Two giants of American history who radically changed the course of our nation in their fight to end slavery are subjects of two new PBS documentaries.

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom” will air on WABE TV tomorrow evening, and “Becoming Frederick Douglass” airs on Oct. 11 and 13.

Stanley Nelson, the director and producer of both documentaries, joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to talk more about how these two remarkable figures’ stories are explored in the new films.