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Making Black America
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Episode 1 | Building Black America
Making Black America: Through the Grapevine is a four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people beyond the reach of the White gaze. Professor Gates sits with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders, and old friends to discuss this world behind the color line and what it looks like today.
Full Episodes
Episode 4 | Life Beyond The Veil
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From Black Power to Black Twitter hour four reveals safe spaces created by Black America.
Episode 3 | A Growing Resistance
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Hour three uncovers vast social networks created by Black Americans to defeat Jim Crow.
Episode 2 | The Work of the Imagination
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Hour two explores the nation within a nation built by Black Americans out of necessity.
Episode 1 | Building Black America
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Hour one details how African Americans have created spaces for survival, pleasure and joy....
Clips & Previews
Extended Trailer
October 4, 2022
Making Black America showcases Black people’s ability to define Blackness in America.
The Building of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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Since 1837, more than 100 HBCUs have been founded in the United States.
Annie Malone's and CJ Walker's Beauty Empires
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"Making Black America" explores how Annie Malone and CJ Walker built their beauty empires...
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