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The African Americans : many rivers to cross

Call Number

  • DVD 973.0496 A2583 (CEN)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Presented by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Publication Information

Boston : PBS Distribution, [2014]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Explore the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed-forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.

Notes

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Originally broadcast on PBS in 2013.

Contents

  • Black Atlantic (1500-1800)
  • Age of slavery (1800-1860)
  • Into the fire (1861-1896)
  • Making a way out of no way (1897-1940)
  • Rise! (1940-1968)
  • It's nation time (1968-2013).

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