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Annie Malone's and CJ Walker's Beauty Empires
June 16, 2022
"Making Black America" explores how Annie Malone and CJ Walker built their beauty empires. Both women envisioned their businesses as more than money-making enterprises, and also operated as a vehicle to create economic opportunity for Black women and a home for culture and community.
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.
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