Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
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- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes aired
- 6
- Latest aired
- S01E01
- Total runtime
- 5h 50min
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S01E01 Citizen
February 17 · 56min find the promo
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After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.
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S01E02 Resistance
February 17 · 57min find the promo
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After ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.
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S01E03 Wait
February 17 · 58min find the promo
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As the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.
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S01E04 Control
February 17 · 62min find the promo
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In the 1970s, women appeal to evolving interpretations of the 14th Amendment in their fight to achieve equality and control their own destinies.
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S01E05 Love
February 17 · 57min find the promo
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After decades of setbacks, the struggle for same-sex marriage equality culminates in an Ohio couple's case taken up by the Supreme Court in 2015.
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S01E06 Promise
February 17 · 60min find the promo
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Immigrants have long put their hope in America, but intolerant policies, racism and shocking violence have frequently trampled their dreams.