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Making Black America

Making Black America

Through The Grapevine

Limited Series 2022 · 4 eps · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

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A chronicle of the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people—beyond the reach of the “White gaze.” Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. sits with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders, and old friends to discuss this world behind the color line and what it looks like today.

Directed by Shayla Harris · Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Network: PBS

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