Al Bell

A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.

With the founding of Stax Records, the white siblings Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton created a label during the period of racial segregation that caused a revolution in the music scene with artists such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave and Isaac Hayes. Their commercial success was closely linked to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

The story of an underdog, interracial record label that ushered in groundbreaking music.