S1 • E1
Told through Nikole Hannah-Jones' personal story, historical events and the modern fights for voting rights, 'Democracy' explores Black America's centuries-long fight to democratize America and hold it to its founding ideals.
S1 • E2
'Race' examines the construct of race as a political invention created to justify exploitation of Africans during slavery and promote white supremacy, while tracing the impact that has had on Black women's bodes and reproductive lives.
S1 • E3
From Motown's wide popularity to funk's rebellious independence to today's genre-breaking musicians, 'Music' celebrates the "uncapturable spirit" of Black music and maintains that Black music IS American Music.
S1 • E4
Nikole Hannah-Jones' family and current labor battles are the lens for 'Capitalism', how slavery formed the bedrock of American capitalism and how this foundation of brutality continues to permeate our deeply unequal economic system.
S1 • E5
The Land of Our Fathers, Part 1 150 years after the promise of 40 acres and a mule, the story of black land ownership in America remains one of dispossession. The Provosts, who trace their family to the enslaved workers on Louisiana's sugar-cane plantations, know this story well.
S1 • E6
Examining the historical events that denied Black Americans the opportunity to build generational wealth through Nikole Hannah-Jones' family story and one Georgia community fighting for restitution.
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