"Making Black America" on PBS
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MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE is a four-part series from executive producer, host and writer Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., which will premiere October 4th on PBS stations nationwide. 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. Professor 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.
Jason Moran (@morethan88) shares the inspiration behind James P. Johnson’s “Carolina Shout”, a celebrated stride song in the jazz community, and also highlights how Black musicians innovated with syncopation. #MakingBlackAmericaPBS pic.twitter.com/kEQbvYQmOf
— Henry Louis Gates Jr (@HenryLouisGates) October 19, 2022
“In the 1930s, times were tough for everybody in America. One of the few things that they had to look forward to was sports events, and baseball was still the national pastime. Everybody followed the Negro Leagues.” - @Marktwhitaker on the Negro Leagues #MakingBlackAmericaPBS pic.twitter.com/1YYnY9dBot
— Henry Louis Gates Jr (@HenryLouisGates) October 19, 2022
A. Phillip Randolph’s task to complete emancipation through aggressive civil rights protests “was about demanding rights, not asking for them.” – @EricArnesen, Professor of Race and Labor at George Washington University. #MakingBlackAmericaPBS pic.twitter.com/ZUNQUL1eC6
— Henry Louis Gates Jr (@HenryLouisGates) October 19, 2022
Making Black America: Through the Grapevine premieres TOMORROW Oct 4 at 9/8c on @PBS. Join us and celebrate how dope it is to be Black!
— Henry Louis Gates Jr (@HenryLouisGates) October 3, 2022
A special thank you to our corporate sponsors @BankofAmerica and Johnson & Johnson (@JNJNews). #MakingBlackAmericaPBS pic.twitter.com/O0jusRAGds
Meet our series directors Shayla Harris (@yoshaylaharris) and Stacey L. Holman (@blackbutterflys). I loved traveling to Black communities across the country with them for #MakingBlackAmericaPBS. So grateful for their shared vision and tremendous contributions to the series. pic.twitter.com/O6mbV6ox7M
— Henry Louis Gates Jr (@HenryLouisGates) October 5, 2022
“Schools were an essential part of freedom for African Americans. It was a form of civic participation, self-creation, self-actualization, and personal aspiration.” - @imaniperry explains the multifaceted role of school for Black people in the 19th century. #MakingBlackAmericaPBS pic.twitter.com/6TJHphu3XC
— Henry Louis Gates Jr (@HenryLouisGates) October 12, 2022
Thank you Shayla Harris (@yoshaylaharris), Stacey L. Holman (@blackbutterflys), and the production team @McGee_Media for helping me bring these compelling stories to life. If you missed tonight’s episode visit the @PBS app or go to https://t.co/wUACbv9ydX. #MakingBlackAmericaPBS pic.twitter.com/VgT0dmq49I
— Henry Louis Gates Jr (@HenryLouisGates) October 12, 2022
