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Classroom | The Limits of Rights: Economic Injustice

Despite growing political power in the 1970s, African Americans continued to face daunting economic challenges made worse by the deindustrialization of their urban communities.

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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

A More Perfect Union (1968-2013)

From the Black Power movement to the first black president of the United States.

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Rise! (1940-1968)

The long road to civil rights is examined in episode five.

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Making a Way Out of No Way (1897-1940)

Examine the Jim Crow era when African Americans struggled in the confines of segregation.

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Into the Fire (1861-1896)

The Civil War, the end of slavery and Reconstruction's impact on African American history.

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

The Age of Slavery

See how black lives changed dramatically in the aftermath of the American Revolution.

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

The Black Atlantic

Explore the global experiences that created the African-American people.