Making Black America: Through the Grapevine Episode 1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

Making Black America: Through the Grapevine

Episode 1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

As Black people fought for full citizenship, hour one explores how free African Americans exercised their self-determination by building communities, establishing schools, and creating associations that would become the foundational ...See moreAs Black people fought for full citizenship, hour one explores how free African Americans exercised their self-determination by building communities, establishing schools, and creating associations that would become the foundational pillars of Black America. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the organizations, networks and artistic impression created by and for Black people. See less

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Name	Known for
James D. Anderson Self - University of Illinois Self - University of Illinois See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)
Faith Barrett Self - Duquesne University Self - Duquesne University See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)
Andrea Campbell Self - Boston City Council Self - Boston City Council See fewer	SBS World News (2002)
Nathan Connolly Self - John Hopkins University Self - John Hopkins University See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)
Brittney Cooper Self - Rutgers University Self - Rutgers University See fewer	Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (2023)
Angela Davis Self - University of California Santa Cruz Self - University of California Santa Cruz See fewer	Untitled Angela Davis Project
Jelani Favors Self - North Carolina A&T State University Self - North Carolina A&T State University See fewer	Redefined: J.R. Smith (2023)
D'Andre Fernandez Self - Prince Hall Mason Self - Prince Hall Mason See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)
Gabrielle Foreman Self - Pennsylvania State University Self - Pennsylvania State University See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)
Marybeth Gasman Self - Rutgers University Self - Rutgers University See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self Self See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Tiffany Gill Self - Rutgers University Self - Rutgers University See fewer	The Beauty of Blackness (2022)
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Self - Princeton University Self - Princeton University See fewer	PBS News Hour (1975)
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham Self - Harvard University Self - Harvard University See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
André Holland Self Self See fewer	Moonlight (I) (2016)
Tera W. Hunter Self - Princeton University Self - Princeton University See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)
Martha S. Jones Self - John Hopkins University Self - John Hopkins University See fewer	Reconstruction: America after The Civil War (2019)
Robin D.G. Kelley Self - University of California Los Angeles Self - University of California Los Angeles See fewer	The Commish (1991)
Cheryl LaRoche Self - University of Maryland Self - University of Maryland See fewer	Time Team America (2009)
Earl Lewis Self - University of Michigan Self - University of Michigan See fewer	Lincoln Speaks (2015)
Michael L. Lomax Self - President & CEO United Negro College Fund Self - President & CEO United Negro College Fund See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)
Kate Masur Self - Northwestern University Self - Northwestern University See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)
Elizabeth McHenry Self - New York University Self - New York University See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)
Porsha Olayiwola Self - Boston Poet Laureate Self - Boston Poet Laureate See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)
Imani Perry Self - Princeton University Self - Princeton University See fewer	Independent Lens (1999)
Manisha Sinha Self - University of Connecticut Self - University of Connecticut See fewer	Algorithmically Inconvenient (2021)
Theda Skocpol Self - Harvard University Self - Harvard University See fewer	The Ezra Klein Show (2016)
Nikki Taylor Self - Howard University Self - Howard University See fewer	Stolen Girl
Corey Walker Self - Wake Forest University Self - Wake Forest University See fewer	The Littlest Ones: A Dogumentary (2009)
Dana Williams Self - Howard University Self - Howard University See fewer	Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (2022)