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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is a six-part documentary miniseries written and presented by Henry Louis Gates Jr. It aired for the first time on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the fall of 2013, beginning with episode 1, "The Black Atlantic (1500–1800)", on October 22, 8–9 p.m. ET on PBS, and every consecutive Tuesday ...
With Henry Louis Gates Jr., Vincent Brown, Bernard E. Powers Jr., Peniel E. Joseph. Professor Gates describes the history of the African American people by talking to historians, authors, and the people who made history.
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- The Black Atlantic (1500 – 1800) Tuesday, October 22, 8-9 p.m. The Black Atlantic explores the truly global experiences that created the African-American people.
- The Age of Slavery (1800 – 1860) Tuesday, October 29, 8-9 p.m. The Age of Slavery illustrates how black lives changed dramatically in the aftermath of the American Revolution.
- Into the Fire (1861 – 1896) Tuesday, November 5, 8-9 p.m. Into the Fire examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African-American history: the Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction’s thrilling but tragically brief “moment in the sun.”
- Making a Way Out of No Way (1897 – 1940) Tuesday, November 12, 8-9 p.m. Making a Way Out of No Way portrays the Jim Crow era, when African Americans struggled to build their own worlds within the harsh, narrow confines of segregation.
Presented and written by Henry Louis Gates Jr., this six-hour series guides viewers on a journey across two continents to explore the transition of African-Americans.
This series chronicles the full sweep of African American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent right up to today when America remains a nation deeply divided by...
Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research and Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, takes viewers across five hundred years and two continents to shed new light on the experience of being an African American.
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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. Winner of a 2013 PEABODY AWARD and 2014 EMMY AWARD for Best Documentary Long-Format, This 6-part series chronicles the full sweep of African American history, from…
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