A History of Black Achievement in America

Season 1

TV-G
This original, eight-part series documents Black Achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country and its influence on current events.

Where to Watch Season 1

9 Episodes

  • Settling the New World and the Founding of the United States
    E1
    Settling the New World and the Founding of the United StatesAmerican Colonial History includes the stories of The study of Black Achievement or African American Achievement, Black Heroes or African American Heroes.
  • Emergence of the Black Hero
    E2
    Emergence of the Black HeroBlack Achievement or African American Achievement, and Black Heroes or African American Heroes, are showcased in the first 75 years of the Founding of the United States of America
  • The Fight for Freedom
    E3
    The Fight for FreedomBlack Achievement or African American Achievement, and Black Heroes or African American Heroes are depicted against the backdrop of the American Civil War.
  • Blacks Enter the Gilded Age
    E4
    Blacks Enter the Gilded AgeAchievement or African American Achievement, and Black Heroes or African American Heroes are shown in America's Gilded Age.
  • The Foundation For Equality
    E5
    The Foundation For EqualityThe Progressive Era and the Roaring Twenties were periods of great success for Black Achievement or African American Achievement, and Black Heroes or African American Heroes.
  • Depression and War
    E6
    Depression and WarDuring the Depression and World War Two, there were still Black Achievements or African American Achievements, as well as Black Heroes or African American Heroes.
  • Civil Rights
    E7
    Civil RightsThe Civil Rights Era was a great period of Black Achievement or African American Achievement, and Black Heroes or African American Heroes.
  • A New Age
    E8
    A New AgeThere has been much Black Achievement or African American Achievement, and many Black Heroes or African American Heroes in America's Information Age.
  • The Barak Obama Era
    E9
    The Barak Obama EraIn the first two decades of the 21st Century a new Black identity was taking shape based not on slavery or the struggle for equal rights but on excellence, on African Americans’ growing role in American politics, on new forms of literature and on a rising Black entrepreneurial class that has found a home in Silicon Valley.

 

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