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Explore with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed -- forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.
Original Release
10/22/2013
US Release
10/22/2013
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Self - host and narrator |
| Vincent Brown | Self - historian / Self - historian, Harvard University |
| Bernard E. Powers Jr. | Self - historian |
| Peniel E. Joseph | Self - historian |
| David Levering Lewis | Self - historian |
| Vernon E. Jordan Jr. | Self - lawyer and civil rights activist |
| Thavolia Glymph | Self - historian |
| Kathleen Cleaver | Self - professor of law and former member of Black Panther Party |
| James H. Sweet | Self - historian |
| Damon Keith | Self - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black Atlantic (1500-1800) | Tuesday, 22 October 2013 |
| 2 | The Age of Slavery (1800-1860) | Tuesday, 29 October 2013 |
| 3 | Into the Fire (1861-1890) | Tuesday, 05 November 2013 |
| 4 | Making a Way Out of No Way (1897-1940) | Monday, 11 November 2013 |
| 5 | Rise! (1940-1968) | Sunday, 17 November 2013 |
| 6 | A More Perfect Union | Tuesday, 26 November 2013 |
Directors
Phil Bertelsen, Sabin Streeter, Jamila Wignot, Leslie Asako Gladsjo
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Self - host and narrator |
| Vincent Brown | Self - historian / Self - historian, Harvard University |
| Bernard E. Powers Jr. | Self - historian |
| Peniel E. Joseph | Self - historian |
| David Levering Lewis | Self - historian |
| Vernon E. Jordan Jr. | Self - lawyer and civil rights activist |
| Thavolia Glymph | Self - historian |
| Kathleen Cleaver | Self - professor of law and former member of Black Panther Party |
| James H. Sweet | Self - historian |
| Damon Keith | Self - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Isabel Wilkerson | Self - author |
| Christopher L. Brown | Self - historian |
| John Stauffer | Self - historian |
| Richard Newman | Self - Historian |
| Annette Gordon-Reed | Self - historian |
| Maulana Karenga | Self - historian and co-founder of US Organization |
| Mark Kelly Tyler | Self - Pastor, African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander | Self - historian |
| Christopher S. Parker | Self - author of 'Fighting for Democracy: Black Veterans and the Struggle Against White Supremacy in the Postwar South' |
| Tricia Rose | Self - historian |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Peter W. Kunhardt | Executive Producer |
| Dyllan McGee | Executive Producer |
| Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Julie Anderson | Executive Producer |
| Jaime Sukonnik | Producer |
| Rachel Dretzin | Producer |
| Leslie Asako Gladsjo | Producer |
| Teddy Kunhardt | Producer |
| George Kunhardt | Producer |
| Rebecca Brillhart | Producer |
| Timothy Messler | Producer |
| Stephanie Carter | Producer |
| Stef Gordon | Producer |
| Amy Brillhart | Producer |
| Eva Lipman | Producer |
| Leah Williams | Producer |
| Talleah Bridges McMahon | Producer |
| Hazel Gurland | Producer |
| Sabin Streeter | Producer |
| Phil Bertelsen | Producer |
| Jamila Wignot | Producer |
| Nicole Bozorgmir | Producer |
Editors
