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Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, and professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines how culture and history helped shape the modern world.

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

Connecting to our past helps guide us to a more diverse tomorrow. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes viewers through the last 50 years of African-American history in Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise.

Hope in troubled times: Race, community, and a national bank

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Black America Since MLK — “I’m Black"
Henry Louis Gates JR: My grandparents were Colored. My parents were Negros. And me, I’m Black

Narrator: FROM I HAVE A DREAM
TO I CAN’T BREATHE
FROM STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
TO THE WHITE HOUSE
BLACK HISTORY
IS AMERICAN HISTORY

Jesse Jackson snippet: You must not surrender, keep hope alive!

Narrator: BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK
AND STILL I RISE
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Henry Louis Gates JR: My grandparents were Colored. My parents were Negros. And me, I’m Black

Narrator: FROM I HAVE A DREAM
TO I CAN’T BREATHE
FROM STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
TO THE WHITE HOUSE
BLACK HISTORY
IS AMERICAN HISTORY

Jesse Jackson snippet: You must not surrender, keep hope alive!

Narrator: BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK
AND STILL I RISE
PREMIERES NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH 8/7 CENTRAL ONLY ON PBS

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A letter from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

We transformed America in ways none among us could have imagined

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,

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A letter from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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VIDEO: Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses his new film, Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

Dr. Gates: Imagine if Martin Luther King woke up and he asked you, "What's happened since I've been gone?" What would you say? That is the conceit to the series, the last 50 years of African American history. For the Black community since 1968, it's the best of times and it's the worst of times. A huge segment of the Black community has risen.

[00:00:30] James Peterson:

Black folks are more a part of society, like literally are coming out of the shadows.

Jelani Cobb: It's a novel kind of development in Black America. It looks as if a certain gate has opened and there's a wider number of us who are now operating in arenas where we had not previously been admitted.

Dr. Gates:

[00:01:00] But on the other hand, the percentage of Black children living at or beneath poverty lines, is basically the same as it was the day Martin Luther King died. We all know about the political uproar, the furor that is raging in many parts of the country over inner-city violence, over police relationships. I want White America and Black America to listen to Black people talking to each other about what their lives mean, and what these events signify. I want Americans to realize that we've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go.

[00:00:30] James Peterson:

Black folks are more a part of society, like literally are coming out of the shadows.

Dr. Gates:

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VIDEO: Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he looks at the last 50 years of African-American history

Fifty years ago, racial segregation in the United States was challenged on a national stage.

Now Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. tells the story of the triumphs and the ongoing struggle of being Black in America over the last five decades.

Bank of America is proud to sponsor “Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise” and believes that connecting with our past helps guide us to a more diverse and inclusive tomorrow.

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IN THE NEWS: Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Restoring Black History

Learn about our rich past at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

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History, innovation and progress

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

Hope in troubled times: Race, community, and a national bank

VIDEO: Watch the trailer for a preview of Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

A letter from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

VIDEO: Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses his new film, Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

VIDEO: Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he looks at the last 50 years of African-American history

IN THE NEWS: Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Restoring Black History

Learn about our rich past at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Advertising practices