THE AFRICAN AMERICANS

MANY RIVERS TO CROSS

RISE! (1940-1968)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 @ 9:00PM

Rise! examines the long road to civil rights, when the deep contradictions in American society finally became unsustainable. Beginning in World War II, African Americans who helped fight fascism abroad came home to face the same old racial violence. But this time, mass media — from print to radio and TV — broadcast that injustice to the world, planting seeds of resistance. And the success of black entrepreneurs and entertainers fueled African-American hopes and dreams.

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