Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Movies

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving...

A deep look at the class warfare and the contradictions that African-Americans face within their own community when many of them are ostracized...

An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976...

Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions...

Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century...

In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous...

A journey across the United States to explore the story of the Civil War of Americans from President Obama's final year in office through the present.

A deep look into the growing divide in America from the Barack Obama era through the presidency of Donald Trump.

The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound...

In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...

The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social...

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha's Vineyard.

In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically...

With special access to the Library of Congress, rediscover the history and culture of America through rarely seen treasures unearthed from its...

In March 1997, social activist, former Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver sat down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a discussion of his life...

In Washington D.C., one church becomes the symbol of a local community dedicated to one another.

Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s quest to piece together Lincoln's complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, D.C. and...