The 1619 Project (2023)
Connects the centrality of slavery in history with an unflinching account of brutal racism that endures in so many aspects of American life today.
Cast: Nikole Hannah-Jones
Episode 6
Through Nikole Hannah-Jones’ family story and one Georgia community fighting for restitution, “Justice” examines the historical events that denied Black Americans the opportunity to build generational wealth and what is owed to descendants of slavery.
Episode 5
The Land of Our Fathers, Part 1 150 years after the promise of 40 acres and a mule, the story of black land ownership in America remains one of dispossession. The Provosts, who trace their family to the enslaved workers on Louisiana's sugar-cane plantations, know this story well.
Episode 4
How the Bad Blood Started Black Americans were denied access to doctors and hospitals for decades. From the shadows of this exclusion, they pushed to create the nation's first federal health care programs.
Episode 3
Episode 3: The Birth of American Music For centuries, black music has been an expression of artistic freedom. No wonder everybody is always stealing it.
Episode 2
"Race" examines the construct of race as a political invention created to justify the economic exploitation of African people during slavery and promote white supremacy, while tracing the impact that has had on Black women's bodies.
Democracy
Told through Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nikole Hannah-Jones' personal story, historical events and the modern fights for voting rights, "Democracy" explores Black America's centuries-long fight to democratize America.