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1) Reconstruction: America After the Civil War: Episode 3,Episode 3

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Explore the rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal and political legacy.

2) Making Black America: Through the Grapevine: Episode 2,Episode 2

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As Jim Crow laws went into effect, African Americans built a “life behind the veil” to meet their educational, economic, political, and cultural needs. Hour two explores the genesis of these organizations and networks that paved the way for Black life to flourish. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. highlights the progress Black people made during the early 20th Century.

3) Making Black America: Through the Grapevine: Episode 1,Episode 1

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As Black people fought for full citizenship, hour one explores how free African Americans exercised their self-determination by building communities, establishing schools, and creating associations that would become the foundational pillars of Black America. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the organizations, networks and artistic impression created by and for Black people.

4) The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song: Episode 2,Part 2

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Discover how the Black Church expanded its reach to address social inequality and minister to those in need, from the Jim Crow South to the heroic phase of the civil rights movement and the Black Church’s role in the present.

5) The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song

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Trace the history of the Black Church in America. From enslavement to today, the series explores key events shaping an institution at the heart of African American communities on the frontlines of hope and change.

6) The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song: Episode 1,Part 1

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of African American religion beginning with the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the extraordinary ways enslaved Africans preserved and adapted their faith practices from slavery to emancipation.

7) The Black Church: this is our story, this is our song

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"Chronicles the rich history of an institution at the heart of the African American experience. Beginning with enslavement, traveling through Emancipation, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights movement, and ending in the present-day, Gates takes viewers on a journey through time, focusing on the key events, charismatic figures, political debates, and musical traditions that have shaped, and been shaped by, the Black Church. The series also...

8) Making Black America: Through the Grapevine - Season 1: Episode 2

Author

Jr., Henry Louis Gates

Series

Making Black America Through the Grapevine volume 2

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As Jim Crow laws went into effect, African Americans built a "life behind the veil" to meet their educational, economic, political, and cultural needs. This episode explores the genesis of these organizations and networks that paved the way for Black life to flourish. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. highlights the progress Black people made during the early 20th Century.

9) Making Black America: Through the Grapevine - Season 1: Episode 1

Author

Jr., Henry Louis Gates

Series

Making Black America Through the Grapevine volume 1

Summary

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As Black people fought for full citizenship, this episode explores how free African Americans exercised their self-determination by building communities, establishing schools, and creating associations that would become the foundational pillars of Black America. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the organizations, networks and artistic impression created by and for Black people.