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Making Black America

Making Black America: Through the Grapevine is a four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people—beyond the reach of the “White gaze.” Professor Gates 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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Schedule

  • Making Black America: Through the Grapevine: TVSS: Iconic

    Making Black America

    Episode 1

    Friday
    Feb 6

    1 Hour

    Exploring how free Black people in the North and South built towns, established schools and held conventions, creating networks to address the political, economic and social needs of the Black community.
  • Making Black America: Through the Grapevine: TVSS: Iconic

    Making Black America

    Episode 1

    Saturday
    Feb 7

    1 Hour

    Exploring how free Black people in the North and South built towns, established schools and held conventions, creating networks to address the political, economic and social needs of the Black community.
  • Making Black America: Through the Grapevine: TVSS: Iconic

    Making Black America

    Episode 1

    Saturday
    Feb 7

    1 Hour

    Exploring how free Black people in the North and South built towns, established schools and held conventions, creating networks to address the political, economic and social needs of the Black community.
  • Making Black America: Through the Grapevine: TVSS: Iconic

    Making Black America

    Episode 1

    Saturday
    Feb 7

    1 Hour

    Exploring how free Black people in the North and South built towns, established schools and held conventions, creating networks to address the political, economic and social needs of the Black community.
  • Making Black America: Through the Grapevine: TVSS: Iconic

    Making Black America

    Episode 2

    Friday
    Feb 13

    1 Hour

    How Blacks created a community that sustained and empowered, from HBCUs to Black businesses and Harlem Renaissance to political organizations.
  • Making Black America: Through the Grapevine: TVSS: Iconic

    Making Black America

    Episode 2

    Saturday
    Feb 14

    1 Hour

    How Blacks created a community that sustained and empowered, from HBCUs to Black businesses and Harlem Renaissance to political organizations.
  • Making Black America: Through the Grapevine: TVSS: Iconic

    Making Black America

    Episode 2

    Saturday
    Feb 14

    1 Hour

    How Blacks created a community that sustained and empowered, from HBCUs to Black businesses and Harlem Renaissance to political organizations.
  • Making Black America: Through the Grapevine: TVSS: Iconic

    Making Black America

    Episode 2

    Saturday
    Feb 14

    1 Hour

    How Blacks created a community that sustained and empowered, from HBCUs to Black businesses and Harlem Renaissance to political organizations.

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