Emancipation Road

2014

From The Creators Of The Best-Selling Documentary Series "Up From Slavery"... A 7-Part Compelling Journey Through America's Greatest Saga. In 1860, the nation founded upon an idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness had as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners and almost four million slaves. By denying these rights to more than twelve percent of its population, America would soon pay with the blood of a generation. The story of African Slavery in America started with the first permanent English Colony in the 17th century... and ended with the Civil War. But those two hundred and fifty years of struggle were just the beginning. The beginning of a journey down the long Emancipation Road...

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Emancipation Road

Seasons

7 Episodes • Premiered 2014

1. 1625 - 1863 – The Shadows of Slavery

This 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.

2. 1870-1909 - Separate But Equal

An examination of African-American life through the end of the 19th Century, and the disparity that divided society into "separate but equal" facilities.

3. 1863-1870 - The Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham 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.

4. 1909-WWII - Regardless of the Color of One's Skin

Beginning with the founding of the NAACP, this episode examines the societal changes that helped accelerate African American advancement in the early 20th Century.

5. 1945-1963 - The Double Victory

African 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.

6. 1963-1968 - The Civil Rights Era

A look at the protests, demonstrations, and prominent figures of the Civil Rights Movement that finally ended segregation in the United States.

7. 1968-Today - Heroes of Hope

This final episode looks at some of the groundbreaking African American heroes in the years following the Civil Rights movement, up through President Barack Obama.