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America Reframed
Struggle & Hope
Season 7
Episode 4
Following the Civil War, all-Black towns emerged in what is now modern-day Oklahoma. Initially founded in an effort to convince the U.S. to create an all-Black state, only a few towns cling heroically to life. STRUGGLE & HOPE gives voice to the stories of the last remaining residents, while charting their fight to ensure their towns retain independence, character and hope for a better future.
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The remarkable life of a fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist.
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A Lutheran pastor's bid to be his district's first Arab American councilman.
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The Currys welcome five international adoptees with special needs into their large family.
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While preparing to stage a musical, Chinatown kids discover their own cultural identities.
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A Chinese American family’s search for their roots leads them to the Mississippi Delta.
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An entire community is upended when Lordstown Ohio's auto plant is idled.
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A falconer endeavors to build a bird sanctuary and provide his community opportunities.
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A Navajo coal miner struggles with his part in the destruction of a sacred mountain.