In 1860, the nation founded upon an idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness had as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners and almost four million slaves. By denying these rights to more than twelve percent of its population, America would soon pay with the blood of a generation. The story of African Slavery in America started with the first permanent English Colony in the 17th century... and ended with the Civil War. But those two hundred and fifty years of struggle were just the beginning. The beginning of a journey down the long Emancipation Road...

Emancipation Road – Episode 1: 1625-1863 The Shadows of Slavery
2017
This first episode of Emancipation Road takes a look into the history of slavery in the United States, from the beginnings of the Atlantic slave trade…

Emancipation Road – Episode 2: 1870-1909 Separate But Equal
2017
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Emancipation Road – Episode 3: 1863-1870 The Emancipation Proclamation
2017
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and its effect on the end of the Civil War, the Reconstruction era in the South, and the eventual Constitutional…

Emancipation Road – Episode 4: 1909-WWII Regardless Of The Color Of One’s Skin
2017
Beginning with the founding of the NAACP, this episode examines the societal changes that helped accelerate African American advancement in the early 20th…

Emancipation Road – Episode 5: 1945-1963 The Double Victory
2017
African American soldiers celebrated a double victory: Defeat of the Axis powers, and greater acceptance in the military following their devoted service…

Emancipation Road – Episode 6: 1963-1968 The Civil Rights Era
2017
A look at the protests, demonstrations, and prominent figures of the Civil Rights Movement that finally ended segregation in the United States.

Emancipation Road – Episode 7: 1968-Today Heroes Of Hope
2017
This final episode looks at some of the groundbreaking African American heroes in the years following the Civil Rights movement, up through President Barack…