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Episode 3 | A Growing Resistance
October 18, 2022
In hour 3, the Great Depression will devastate America’s economy and bring Black America to its knees. To survive, the Black community will use social networks to navigate the oppressive realities of Jim Crow. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores how social networks formed the cultural, economic and political foundation of the Civil Rights Movement which would transform America’s race relations.
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 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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