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THE AFRICAN AMERICANS: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS : Into the Fire (1861-1896)
Black History Month Programming
Saturday, November 14, 2020, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET
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Survey a tumultuous period in African American history: Civil War, slavery’s end and Reconstruction.
- Airdate(s): 11/13/2020, 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
- AARC #: 103
- Original Broadcast: 11/5/2013
Episode Description
“Into the Fire” examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African American history: the Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction’s thrilling but brief “moment in the sun.” From the beginning, African Americans were agents of their liberation — by fleeing the plantations and taking up arms to serve in the United States Colored Troops. After Emancipation, African Americans sought to realize the promise of freedom — rebuilding families shattered by slavery; demanding economic, political and civil rights; even winning elected office — but a few years later, an intransigent South mounted a swift and vicious campaign of terror to restore white supremacy and roll back African American rights. Yet the achievements of Reconstruction remained in the collective memory of the African American community.
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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Featured Interviewees Episode 3
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Presents THE AFRICAN AMERICANS: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS, Premiering October 22 at 8 pm on PBS
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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Series At-a-Glance
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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Filmography for Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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