Worthwhile Holiday Weekend Viewing

November 23, 2016 10:08 AM

In his new four-hour series, BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. embarks on a deeply personal journey through the last fifty years of African American history. Joined by leading scholars, celebrities, and a dynamic cast of people who shaped these years, Gates travels from the victories of the civil rights movement up to today, asking profound questions about the state of black America—and our nation as a whole.

In four parts, across two episodes, ~1h50m each.

posted by hippybear (2 comments total)

I predict there's going to be a weird, albeit entirely understandable, gap in this documentary, because for better or worse one of the most popular and influential black American pop culture stars of the late twentieth century was Bill Cosby.
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:03 AM on November 23, 2016

This ends so much more hopeful than I feel.
posted by subtle_squid at 9:06 PM on November 23, 2016