Emancipation Road
From The Creators Of The Best-Selling Documentary Series "Up From Slavery"... A 7-Part Compelling Journey Through America's Greatest Saga. In 1860, the nation founded upon an idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness had as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners and almost four million slaves. By denying these rights to more than twelve percent of its population, America would soon pay with the blood of a generation. The story of African Slavery in America started with the first permanent English Colony in the 17th century... and ended with the Civil War. But those two hundred and fifty years of struggle were just the beginning. The beginning of a journey down the long Emancipation Road...
Cast: Coby Batty, Kevin R. Hershberger, Barack Obama
Season 1
7 episodes
- 1. 1625 - 1863 – The Shadows of SlaveryThis first episode of Emancipation Road takes a look into the history of slavery in the United States, from the beginnings of the Atlantic slave trade to the Civil War.TV-14CC48minSep 16, 2014
- 2. 1870-1909 - Separate But EqualAn examination of African-American life through the end of the 19th Century, and the disparity that divided society into "separate but equal" facilities.TV-14CC48minSep 16, 2014
- 3. 1863-1870 - The Emancipation ProclamationAbraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and its effect on the end of the Civil War, the Reconstruction era in the South, and the eventual Constitutional amendments passed to protect it.TV-14CC48minSep 16, 2014
- 4. 1909-WWII - Regardless of the Color of One's SkinBeginning with the founding of the NAACP, this episode examines the societal changes that helped accelerate African American advancement in the early 20th Century.TV-14CC50minSep 16, 2014
- 5. 1945-1963 - The Double VictoryAfrican American soldiers celebrated a double victory: Defeat of the Axis powers, and greater acceptance in the military following their devoted service. On the home front, however, the stage was being set for the confrontations of the Civil Rights Era.TV-14CC52minSep 16, 2014
- 6. 1963-1968 - The Civil Rights EraA look at the protests, demonstrations, and prominent figures of the Civil Rights Movement that finally ended segregation in the United States.TV-14CC50minSep 16, 2014
- 7. 1968-Today - Heroes of HopeThis final episode looks at some of the groundbreaking African American heroes in the years following the Civil Rights movement, up through President Barack Obama.TV-14CC51minSep 16, 2014
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Emancipation Road
From The Creators Of The Best-Selling Documentary Series "Up From Slavery"... A 7-Part Compelling Journey Through America's Greatest Saga. In 1860, the nation founded upon an idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness had as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners and almost four million slaves. By denying these rights to more than twelve percent of its population, America would soon pay with the blood of a generation. The story of African Slavery in America started with the first permanent English Colony in the 17th century... and ended with the Civil War. But those two hundred and fifty years of struggle were just the beginning. The beginning of a journey down the long Emancipation Road...
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Kevin R. Hershberger
- Created by
- Heather Bischoff
