Making Black America: Through the Grapevine

2022    53mDocumentary, History
6.6
This four-hour series, hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people-beyond the reach of the "White gaze." Gates takes viewers into an extraordinary world that showcases Black people's ability to collectively prosper, defy white supremacy and define Blackness in ways that transformed America itself.

Where to Watch Making Black America: Through the Grapevine

1 Season

  • Season 1
    Season 14 Episodes

Cast of Making Black America: Through the Grapevine

  • Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self
  • Eddie S. Glaude Jr.Self - Princeton University
  • Jelani FavorsSelf - North Carolina A&T State University
  • Earl LewisSelf - University of Michigan
  • Tiffany GillSelf - Rutgers University
  • Robin D.G. KelleySelf - University of California Los Angeles
  • Angela DavisSelf - University of California Santa Cruz
  • Jason KingSelf - New York University
  • Brittney CooperSelf - Rutgers University
  • Davarian L. BaldwinSelf - Trinity College
  • Mark WhitakerAuthor
  • Imani PerrySelf - Princeton University
  • Ashley FarmerSelf - University of Texas at Austin
  • Nathan ConnollySelf - John Hopkins University
  • Michael L. LomaxSelf - President & CEO United Negro College Fund
  • Allissa RichardsonSelf - University of Southern California
  • Dana WilliamsSelf - Howard University
  • Audrey SchmaltzCEO Ground Crew
  • Nikki TaylorSelf - Howard University
  • Linda Johnson RiceSelf - CEO Johnson Publishing Company
  • Shennette Garrett-ScottSelf - Texas A&M University
  • Deborah WillisSelf - New York University
  • Robyn C. SpencerSelf - Lehman College
  • Quincy T. MillsSelf - University of Maryland College Park
  • Tera W. HunterSelf - Princeton University
  • Marybeth GasmanSelf - Rutgers University
  • Adrian LovingDJ
  • Elizabeth McHenrySelf - New York University
  • Joe TrotterSelf - Carnegie Mellon University
  • Gabrielle ForemanSelf - Pennsylvania State University
  • James D. AndersonSelf - University of Illinois
  • André HollandSelf
  • Killer MikeActivist
  • Fab 5 FreddyFilmmaker
  • Bridgett M. DavisSelf - Author
  • Charles M. BlowSelf - Author & Columnist New York Times
  • Jason MoranSelf - Artist
  • Elizabeth HintonSelf - Yale University
  • Ras BarakaSelf - Mayor City of Newark NJ
  • Bernard LumpkinPatron
  • Evelyn Brooks HigginbothamSelf - Harvard University
  • Bennie WileyPhilanthropist
  • Flash WileyCommunity Activist
  • Andrea CampbellSelf - Boston City Council
  • Julee WilsonSelf - Beauty Director
  • Theda SkocpolSelf - Harvard University
  • Leonard MooreSelf - The University of Texas at Austin
  • Kate MasurSelf - Northwestern University
  • Martha S. JonesSelf - John Hopkins University
  • Cheryl LaRocheSelf - University of Maryland
  • Jeanne TheoharisSelf - Brooklyn College
  • Candacy TaylorSelf - Author
  • Chelsea MillerCo Founder Freedom March NYC
  • Eric ArnesenSelf - George Washington University
  • Manisha SinhaSelf - University of Connecticut
  • Corey WalkerSelf - Wake Forest University
  • Joseph RavenellSelf - Physician & Men's Health Researcher
  • Jennifer Saint-PreuxSelf - Attorney
  • Karl BrillantSelf - Community Service Coordinator
  • Richard TaylorSelf - Suffolk University
  • Carl BellSelf - Management Consultant
  • Leigh SoaresSelf - Mississippi State University
  • D'Andre FernandezSelf - Prince Hall Mason
  • Dennis Mitchell Jr.Self - Denny Moe's Superstar Barbershop
  • Kevin BraceySelf - Marketing Director
  • Faith BarrettSelf - Duquesne University
  • Porsha OlayiwolaSelf - Boston Poet Laureate
  • Naneka BrathwaiteSelf - Educational Equity Advocate
  • Shannon KingSelf - Fairfield University
  • Krystal DavisSelf - Inclusion & Diversity Professional
  • Shayla HarrisDirector / Producer
  • Stacey L. HolmanDirector
  • Kevin BurkeProducer

 

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