Where To Stream The African Americans Many Rivers to Cross Season 1 Episode 3
Into the Fire (1861-1896)
- Aired November 5, 2013
- 60 Min
This episode examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African-American history: the Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction's thrilling but brief "moment in the sun." From the beginning, African Americans were agents of their liberation - by fleeing the plantations and taking up arms to serve in the United States Colored Troops. After Emancipation, African Americans sought to realize the promise of freedom - rebuilding families shattered by slavery; demanding...