Season 1
(2019)
Cast
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
as Self - Host
Episodes
Part 1, Hour 1 0.0
April 9, 2019
The aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating...and terrifying. African Americans had played a crucial r…
Part 1, Hour 2 0.0
April 9, 2019
Post-Civil War America was a new world. For African Americans living in the former Confederacy, Reconstruction was what…
Part 2, Hour 1 0.0
April 16, 2019
An examination of the years 1877-1896, a transitional period that saw visions of a “New South” set the stage for the ri…
Part 2, Hour 2 0.0
April 16, 2019
The turn of the century is known as the ‘nadir’ of race relations, when white supremacy was ascendant and African Ameri…