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Making Black America

Inside Look

"Making Black America" directors Stacey L. Holman and Shayla Harris discuss the significance of telling stories that help build Black culture as we know it today.

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From Black Power to Black Twitter hour four reveals safe spaces created by Black America.
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Hour three uncovers vast social networks created by Black Americans to defeat Jim Crow.
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Hour two explores the nation within a nation built by Black Americans out of necessity.
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Hour one details how African Americans have created spaces for survival, pleasure and joy.
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