Season 1
7 episodes · Sep 16, 2014
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- S1E1
1625 - 1863 – The Shadows of Slavery
Sep 16, 201448mThis first episode of Emancipation Road takes a look into the history of slavery in the United States, from the beginnings of the Atlantic slave trade to the Civil War.
- S1E2
1870-1909 - Separate But Equal
Sep 16, 201448mAn examination of African-American life through the end of the 19th Century, and the disparity that divided society into "separate but equal" facilities.
- S1E3
1863-1870 - The Emancipation Proclamation
Sep 16, 201448mAbraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and its effect on the end of the Civil War, the Reconstruction era in the South, and the eventual Constitutional amendments passed to protect it.
- S1E4
1909-WWII - Regardless of the Color of One's Skin
Sep 16, 201450mBeginning with the founding of the NAACP, this episode examines the societal changes that helped accelerate African American advancement in the early 20th Century.
- S1E5
1945-1963 - The Double Victory
Sep 16, 201452mAfrican American soldiers celebrated a double victory: Defeat of the Axis powers, and greater acceptance in the military following their devoted service. On the home front, however, the stage was being set for the confrontations of the Civil Rights Era.
- S1E6
1963-1968 - The Civil Rights Era
Sep 16, 201450mA look at the protests, demonstrations, and prominent figures of the Civil Rights Movement that finally ended segregation in the United States.
- S1E7
1968-Today - Heroes of Hope
Sep 16, 201451mThis final episode looks at some of the groundbreaking African American heroes in the years following the Civil Rights movement, up through President Barack Obama.