African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

A More Perfect Union (1968-2013)

Season 1, Episode 6 of 6

After 1968, African Americans set out to build a bright new future on the foundation of the civil rights movement's victories, but a growing class disparity threatened to split the black community in two. As hundreds of African Americans won political office across the country and the black middle class made unprecedented progress, larger economic and political forces isolated the black urban poor in the inner cities, vulnerable to new social ills and an epidemic of incarceration. Yet African Americans of all backgrounds came together to support Illinois Senator Barack Obama in his historic campaign for the presidency of the United States. When he won in 2008, many hoped that America had finally transcended race and racism. By the time of his second victory, it was clear that many issues, including true racial equality, remain to be resolved. Now we ask: How will African Americans help redefine the United States in the years to come?

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
12/1/2013
7 p.m.
12/2/2013
12/2/2013
8 a.m.
12/2/2013
2 p.m.
3/9/2014
7 p.m.
3/10/2014
7 a.m.
9/13/2015
8 p.m.
9/14/2015
9/14/2015
8 a.m.
9/14/2015
2 p.m.
10/6/2020
4 p.m.
12/3/2020
3 p.m.
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