Black in Latin America | Black in Latin America
A preview of Black in Latin America, the 11th documentary by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
View ArticleBlack in Latin America | Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided
In the Dominican Republic, Professor Gates explores how race has been socially constructed, and how the country's troubled history with Haiti informs notions about racial classification. In Haiti,...
View ArticleBlack in Latin America | Black in Latin America's Henry Louis Gates
Professor Gates introduces viewers to the faces and voices of the descendants of the Africans in six Latin-American countries. A quest he began 12 years ago with WONDERS OF THE AFRICAN WORLD comes full...
View ArticleBlack in Latin America | "Black Fear"
White Cuban planters tighten their hold and "security" on their plantations following the Haitian Revolution of 1804.
View ArticleBlack in Latin America | Independent Party of Color
Afro-Cuban political activism in the early 20th century and the white establishment's backlash.
View ArticleBlack in Latin America | Antonio Maceo: The Bronze Titan
Professor Gates talks with Professor Ada Ferrer about Cuban Revolutionary Antonio Maceo's controversial identity.
View ArticleBlack in Latin America | Cuba: The Next Revolution
In Cuba Professor Gates finds out how the culture, religion, politics and music of this island are inextricably linked to the huge amount of slave labor imported to produce its enormously profitable...
View ArticleBlack in Latin America | Discrimination and Segregation in Cuba under U.S....
Segregation in Cuba under U.S.military occupation according to Professor Marial Iglesias.
View ArticleBlack in Latin America | Economic impact of the Haitian Revolution
A look at the economic impact the Haitian Revolution had on Cuba.
View ArticleBlack in Latin America | Brazil: A Racial Paradise?
In Brazil, Professor Gates explores how this 'rainbow nation' is waking up to its legacy as the world's largest slave economy.
View ArticleBlack in Latin America | Mexico & Peru: A Hidden Race
Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history their significant black populations: the two countries together received far more slaves than did the United States.
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