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Hour one details how African Americans have created spaces for survival, pleasure and joy.
Making Black America
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Making Black America showcases Black people’s ability to define Blackness in America.
Extended Trailer
3:20
Making Black America showcases Black people’s ability to define Blackness in America.
Trailer
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This four-hour series introduces a vibrant world at the heart of the Black experience.
Episode 2 Preview
0:32
Hour two explores the nation within a nation built by Black Americans out of necessity.
Episode 3 Preview
0:32
This hour of Making Black America focuses on organizing for change in the Black community.
Episode 4 Preview
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From Black Power to Black Twitter hour four reveals safe spaces created by Black America.
Trailer 2
0:30
Making Black America chronicles social networks created by Black people during Jim Crow.
Trailer 2
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Making Black America chronicles social networks created by Black people during Jim Crow.
Inside Look
1:30
"Making Black America" directors discuss how storytelling helped shape black culture.
Annie Malone's and CJ Walker's Beauty Empires
1:19
"Making Black America" explores how Annie Malone and CJ Walker built their beauty empires
The Building of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
1:15
Since 1837, more than 100 HBCUs have been founded in the United States.
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