African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Making A Way Out Of No Way (1897-1940)

Season 1, Episode 4 of 6

Something from Nothing portrays the Jim Crow era, when African Americans struggled to build their own worlds within the harsh, narrow confines of segregation. At the turn of the 20th century, a steady stream of African Americans left the South, fleeing the threat of racial violence, and searching for better opportunities in the North and the West. Leaders like Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Marcus Garvey organized, offering vastly different strategies to further black empowerment and equality. Yet successful black institutions and individuals were always at risk. At the same time, the ascendance of black arts and culture showed that a community with a strong identity and sense of pride was taking hold in spite of Jim Crow. "The Harlem Renaissance" would not only redefine how America saw African Americans, but how African Americans saw themselves.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
11/17/2013
7 p.m.
11/18/2013
11/18/2013
8 a.m.
11/18/2013
2 p.m.
2/23/2014
7 p.m.
2/23/2014
11 p.m.
2/24/2014
7 a.m.
8/30/2015
8 p.m.
8/31/2015
8/31/2015
8 a.m.
8/31/2015
2 p.m.
10/1/2020
4 p.m.
12/1/2020
3 p.m.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona