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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

10.020131 seasonTV-PGTV SeriesDocumentary

Professor Gates describes the history of the African American people by talking to historians, authors, and the people who made history.

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Seasons & Episodes

E1
The Black Atlantic (1500-1800)
Oct 22, 2013
E2
The Age of Slavery (1800-1860)
Oct 29, 2013
E3
Into the Fire (1861-1890)
Nov 5, 2013
E4
Making a Way Out of No Way (1897-1940)
Nov 12, 2013
E5
Rise! (1940-1968)
Nov 19, 2013
E6
A More Perfect Union
Nov 26, 2013

Cast

HJHenry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self

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