Name: Into the Fire (1861-1890)
Released: 2013-11-05

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

S1 · E3 — Into the Fire (1861-1890)

S1:E3 · Into the Fire (1861-1890)

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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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201310.0

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Into the Fire (1861-1890)

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Nov 5, 2013

"Into the Fire" examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African-American history: the Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction's thrilling but brief "moment in the sun." From the beginning, African Americans were agents of their liberation - by fleeing the plantations and taking up arms to serve in the United States Colored Troops. After Emancipation, African Americans sought to realize the promise of freedom - rebuilding families shattered by slavery; demanding economic, political and civil rights; even winning elected office - but a few years later, an intransigent South mounted a swift and vicious campaign of terror to restore white supremacy and roll back African-American rights. Yet the achievements of Reconstruction remained in the collective memory of the African-American community.

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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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201310.0

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Into the Fire (1861-1890)

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Nov 5, 2013

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