The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross - Trailer
A six-part series on African-American history, by Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
About the program
This series chronicles the full sweep of African American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent through more than four centuries of remarkable historic events up to the present. Presented and written by Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the series draws on some of America’s top historians and heretofore untapped primary sources, guiding viewers on an engaging journey across two continents to shed new light on the experience of being African American.