Season Two Episodes
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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