Seasons & Episodes
EP 1
The Black Atlantic (1500-1800)
From PBS: "The Black Atlantic" explores the global experiences that created the African-American people. Beginning a cen
EP 2
The Age of Slavery (1800-1860)
"The Age of Slavery" illustrates how black lives changed dramatically in the aftermath of the American Revolution. For f
EP 3
Into the Fire (1861-1890)
"Into the Fire" examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African-American history: the Civil War and the
EP 4
Making a Way Out of No Way (1897-1940)
"Making a Way Out of No Way" portrays the Jim Crow era, when African Americans struggled to build their own worlds withi
EP 5
Rise! (1940-1968)
"Rise!" examines the long road to civil rights, when the deep contradictions in American society finally became unsustai
EP 6
A More Perfect Union
After 1968, African Americans set out to build a bright future on the foundation of the civil rights movement's victorie
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