{"id":34856,"date":"2014-11-09T17:53:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T17:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=34856"},"modified":"2014-11-09T17:54:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T17:54:28","slug":"episode-six-a-more-perfect-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=34856","title":{"rendered":"Episode Six: A More Perfect Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

Episode Six: A More Perfect Union<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross<\/a> (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.<\/a>)
\nPublic Broadcasting Service<\/a>
\nTuesdays, 2013-10-22 through 2013-11-26, 20:00-21:00 ET<\/p>\n

From Black Power to Black President<\/strong><\/p>\n

By 1968, the Civil Rights movement<\/a> had achieved stunning victories, in the courts and in the Congress. But would African Americans finally be allowed to achieve genuine racial equality? Episode Six, A More Perfect Union (1968-2013)<\/em>, looks at the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/a> and the rise of the Black Panthers<\/a> and Black Power<\/a> movement.\u00a0 The decline of cities that African Americans had settled in since the Great Migration<\/a>, the growth of a black middle class, the vicious beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles<\/a> and the ascent of Barack Obama<\/a> from Illinois<\/a> senator to the presidency of the United States are all addressed in the final episode of The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross<\/a><\/em>. Revisit images of the Black is Beautiful movement and hear commentary from former Black Panther Party<\/a> member Kathleen Cleaver<\/a>, former Secretary of State Colin H. Powell<\/a>, musician Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson<\/a>, and many more…<\/p>\n