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Making Black America
Episode 3
Season 1
Episode 3
In hour 3, the Great Depression will devastate America’s economy and bring Black America to its knees. To survive, the Black community will use social networks to navigate the oppressive realities of Jim Crow. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores how social networks formed the cultural, economic and political foundation of the Civil Rights Movement which would transform America’s race relations.
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From Black Power to Black Twitter hour four reveals safe spaces created by Black America.
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53:11
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.