Season Two Episodes

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01. The Fight of the Century

With Jim Crow being built around them, Black people had to decide the way forward. They weren’t always in agreement.

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02. Interview – Adam Serwer

Looking at the role of the Black press in America, particularly as a bulwark against white supremacist propaganda.

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03. On The World’s Stage

Black Americans hoped that showcasing their achievements to a global audience would help combat white supremacy.

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04. Interview – Kinshasha Holman Conwill & Paul Gardullo

Considering the transformative power museum exhibits have to bring more fullness to the public’s understanding of history.

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05. Walk! The Streetcar Boycotts

With the Supreme Court essentially approving segregated spaces, race men and women formed a strategy to push back.

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06. Interview – Blair L.M. Kelley

Exploring the legacy of streetcar boycotts in the early 1900s and what we can learn from their successes and failures.

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07. Children of the Sun

Parents pushed for more fulfilling representation of Black life for their children, shaping futures through toys and magazines.

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08. Interview – Paula Austin

Examining the agency of Black youth coming of age during Jim Crow, and the role their communities played in their development.

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09. The Land of Milk and Honey

African Americans headed west in search of opportunities to live as they wanted, away from the shadows of racism.

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10. Interview – Jamelle Bouie

Discussing discrimination in the housing market and strategies individuals and institutions can implement to address it.

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11. Inside Harlem’s Speakeasies

The freedom that comes by way of unbridled power always comes with risk—and often costs—for the ways you seize it.

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12. Interview – Saeed Jones

Reviewing how the concept of Black masculinity has its roots in white supremacy and doing the work to reimagine it.

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13. Dethroning Disease

Campaigning for improved access to care and treatment proved effective in addressing racial disparities in public health.

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14. Interview – Julia Craven

Assessing the roles systems, individuals and communities play in contributing to the health outcomes of Black Americans.

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15. Reframing the Narrative?

Race leaders utilized journalism and film to counteract harmful depictions of Black life in America’s white-controlled media.

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16. Interview – Mariame Kaba

Contemplating the meaning of safety and the outcomes that could be achieved through abolition of harmful systems.

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Seizing Freedom is a co-production of VPM and Molten Heart