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MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE EPISODE ONE PREMIERES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4th,




MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE


EPISODE ONE PREMIERES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 2022 at 9 PM ET on PBS

Check your local listings and tune-in!


Episode One

Tuesday, October 4, 2022


The four-part documentary begins as Black people fought for full citizenship during this nation’s founding in the Revolutionary War Era, free African Americans exercised their self-determination by building towns and settlements, establishing schools, and creating societies and associations that would become the foundational pillars of Black America. But, even in this period of a devastating Civil War and the abandonment of a multi-racial democracy, it is a misconception that African Americans' lives were exclusively circumscribed by struggle and resistance. Rather, community, economic independence and artistic expression infused this life behind the color line. From the Prince Hall Masons to the National Association of Colored Women; the Underground Railroad to political conventions; literary societies to all Black theater companies, hour 1 highlights this dynamic sepia world. Our host, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., speaks with a politician, a member of a fraternal order, a poet laureate, and an actor of stage and screen about the origins of these organizations and networks created by and for Black people. Some of the key voices and networks in this episode include members of the Colored Convention, Jermain Loguen, Mary Peake, the Atlanta washerwomen, the black women’s club movement, African Grove Theater, and the poetry from “Les Cenelles.”


Series Trailer 


Making Black America: Through the Grapevine is a four-part series from executive producer, host and writer Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Professor Gates, with directors Stacey L. Holman and Shayla Harris, chronicle the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people beyond the reach of the “White gaze.” The series recounts the establishment of the Prince Hall Masons in 1775 through the formation of all-Black towns and business districts, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, destinations for leisure and the social media phenomenon of Black Twitter. Gates sits with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders and old friends to discuss this world behind the color line and what it looks like today. MAKING BLACK AMERICA takes viewers into an extraordinary world that showcased Black people’s ability to collectively prosper, defy white supremacy and define Blackness in ways that transformed America itself. 


Making Black America: Through The Grapevine is a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Media, and WETA Washington, D.C. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the writer, host, and executive producer. Dyllan McGee is the executive producer. John F. Wilson is the executive producer in charge for WETA. Bill Gardner is the executive in charge of PBS. Stacey L. Holman is series producer and director. Shayla Harris is the producer/director. Deborah C. Porfido is supervising producer. Robert L. Yacyshyn is line producer. Kevin Burke is producer. Mattie Akers is archival producer.



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