The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Rise! (1940-1968) (Season 1, Episode 5)
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TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Rise! (1940-1968) (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary

From PBS: "Rise!" examines the long road to civil rights, when the deep contradictions in American society finally became unsustainable. African Americans who fought fascism in World War II came home to face the same old racial violence. ...See moreFrom PBS: "Rise!" examines the long road to civil rights, when the deep contradictions in American society finally became unsustainable. African Americans who fought fascism in World War II came home to face the same old racial violence. But mass media - from print to radio and TV - broadcast that injustice, planting seeds of resistance. The success of black entrepreneurs and entertainers fueled African-American hopes and dreams. In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, heralding the dawn of a movement of resistance, with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as its public face. Before long, masses of African Americans practiced this nonviolent approach to integrate public schools, lunch counters and more. Nonviolence, however, was often met with violence. In 1968, Dr. King was assassinated, unleashing a new call for "Black Power" across the country. See less

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self - host and narrator (as Henry Louis Gates) Self - host and narrator (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Damon Keith Self - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Self - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit See fewer	Shared Legacies (2020)
David Levering Lewis Self - historian Self - historian See fewer	New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
Christopher S. Parker Self - author of 'Fighting for Democracy: Black Veterans and the Struggle Against White Supremacy in the Postwar South' Self - author of 'Fighting for Democracy: Black Veterans and the Struggle Against White Supremacy in the Postwar South' See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Michael Bertrand Self - historian Self - historian See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Ford Nelson Self - radio host, WDIA Self - radio host, WDIA See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Martin Duberman Self - historian Self - historian See fewer	Stonewall (1995)
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. Self - lawyer and civil rights activist Self - lawyer and civil rights activist See fewer	Rounders (1998)
Ruby Bridges Self Self See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
David C. Forbes Sr. Self - civil rights activist Self - civil rights activist See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Charlayne Hunter-Gault Self Self See fewer	All Downhill from Here (2015)
Eleanor Holmes Norton Self Self See fewer	Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (1989)
John Lewis Self Self See fewer	John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
Peniel E. Joseph Self - historian Self - historian See fewer	Genius (2017)
Grace Lee Boggs Self - author Self - author See fewer	The Meaning of Hope (2013)
Dan Rather Self - former news anchor, CBS Evening News Self - former news anchor, CBS Evening News See fewer	CBS Evening News with Dan Rather (1981)
Aram Goudsouzian Self - historian Self - historian See fewer	The Picture Taker (I) (2022)
Alvin F. Poussaint Self - civil rights activist, professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Self - civil rights activist, professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School See fewer	The Cosby Show (1984)