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Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
Tom Yellin, Robe Imbriano
Self - Host
Self
February 17, 2021 • 56m
After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.
February 17, 2021 • 57m
After ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.
February 17, 2021 • 58m
As the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.
February 17, 2021 • 62m
In the 1970s, women appeal to evolving interpretations of the 14th Amendment in their fight to achieve equality and control their own destinies.
February 17, 2021 • 57m
After decades of setbacks, the struggle for same-sex marriage equality culminates in an Ohio couple's case taken up by the Supreme Court in 2015.
February 17, 2021 • 60m
Immigrants have long put their hope in America, but intolerant policies, racism and shocking violence have frequently trampled their dreams.
