Classroom | Frederick Douglass

After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass became prominent in the abolitionist community. This video is an excerpt from Episode Two, The Age of Slavery, from the series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Premiere: 10/29/13

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Specials

Classroom | Black Power: Demanding a Brilliant Future

Length 05:17 Premiere Date 11/26/13

Classroom | Black is Beautiful: Afrocentricity

Length 04:42 Premiere Date 11/26/13

Classroom| The Rise of the Black Middle Class

Length 04:46 Premiere Date 11/26/13

Classroom | Casualties of the War on Drugs

Length 05:12 Premiere Date 11/26/13

Classroom | Fighting the Power: Hip Hop

Length 06:47 Premiere Date 11/26/13

Classroom | The Limits of Rights: Economic Injustice

Length 04:08 Premiere Date 11/26/13

Classroom | Yes We Can: Barack Obama

Length 06:23 Premiere Date 11/26/13

Classroom | Preparing for Sit-Ins

Length 03:28 Premiere Date 11/19/13

Classroom | Ruby Bridges

Length 03:28 Premiere Date 11/19/13

Classroom | Rosa Parks

Length 04:01 Premiere Date 11/19/13

Classroom | Resenting Prosperity and Equality

Length 06:07 Premiere Date 11/12/13

Classroom | The Great Migration

Length 01:44 Premiere Date 11/12/13

Classroom | Life After the Emancipation Proclamation

Length 04:33 Premiere Date 11/12/13

Classroom | Separate and Unequal

Length 06:30 Premiere Date 11/12/13

Classroom | The Subjugation of African Americans

Length 03:19 Premiere Date 11/12/13

Classroom | A Calculated Act

Length 03:46 Premiere Date 11/05/13

Classroom | The Cotton Gin

Length 03:58 Premiere Date 10/29/13

Classroom | Nat Turner Rebellion

Length 02:59 Premiere Date 10/29/13