Making Black America
2022
📺 1 Season
🎬 4 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
Documentary
A chronicle of the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people—beyond the reach of the “White gaze.” Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. sits with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders, and old friends to discuss this world behind the color line and what it looks like today.
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Seasons
Season 1
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.
Crew
Director
Shayla Harris, Stacey L. Holman
Writer
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Producer
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Deborah Clancy Porfido, Dyllan McGee
Network
PBS