Learn About Black History with Series From Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, historian, and the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Join Professor Gates in exploring the connections that bind us and our shared histories through iconic series like Making Black America, GOSPEL and more, available to stream with ThinkTV Passport.
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
Currently airing on Tuesdays at 9pm on ThinkTV, the latest series from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the transformative impact of Black migration on American culture and society. From the waves of Black Americans to the North—and back South—over the last century to the growing number of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean today, the film shows how movement is a defining feature of the Black experience. Learn more: https://www.thinktv.org/great-migrations-a-people-on-the-move/.
Making Black America: Through the Grapevine
Making Black America: Through the Grapevine is a four-part series that chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people—beyond the reach of the “White gaze.” 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. Watch it now with ThinkTV Passport: https://video.thinktv.org/show/making-black-america/.
The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song
An intimate four-hour series, The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song explores the 400-year-old story of the black church in America, the changing nature of worship spaces, and the men and women who shepherded them from the pulpit, the choir loft, and church pews. Watch it now with ThinkTV Passport: https://video.thinktv.org/show/black-church/.
GOSPEL
This four-hour docuseries explores the rich history of Black spirituality through sermon and song. Musical styles come and go, but there is one sound that has been a constant source of strength, courage, and wisdom from the pulpit to the choir lofts on any given Sunday: the gospel. Watch it now with ThinkTV Passport: https://video.thinktv.org/show/gospel/.
GOSPEL Live!
As a companion to GOSPEL, this concert celebration honors the legacy of Gospel music in America as secular and gospel artists sing their favorite gospel classics. Watch it now with ThinkTV Passport: https://video.thinktv.org/video/gospel-live-presented-by-henry-louis-gates-jr-5bheid/.
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