Basic Info

First Air: September 16, 2014

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 7

Last Episode

Name: 1968-Today - Heroes of Hope

Season: 1, Episode: 7

Air Date: 2014-09-16

Runtime: 51 min

This final episode looks at some of the groundbreaking African American heroes in the years following the Civil Rights movement, up through President Barack Obama.

Videos

Emancipation Road (YouTube)

Emancipation Road

2014 1 seasons 7 episodes

Overview

From The Creators Of The Best-Selling Documentary Series "Up From Slavery"... A 7-Part Compelling Journey Through America's Greatest Saga. In 1860, the nation founded upon an idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness had as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners and almost four million slaves. By denying these rights to more than twelve percent of its population, America would soon pay with the blood of a generation. The story of African Slavery in America started with the first permanent English Colony in the 17th century... and ended with the Civil War. But those two hundred and fifty years of struggle were just the beginning. The beginning of a journey down the long Emancipation Road...