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Episode Guide
Rise! (1940-1968)
Series: The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Series Progress: Episode 5 of 683% Completed
Synopsis
The years 1940-68 are chronicled. African-Americans returned from WWII to the same racial violence they faced prior to the war, but the news media began to report the injustices. Rosa Parks' refusal in 1955 to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala.
Cast
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Dan Rather
- Michael Bertrand
- David Levering Lewis
- Julie Anderson
- Ruby Bridges
- Diane Nash
- David C. Forbes Sr.
- Damon J. Keith
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault
- John Lewis
- Peniel E. Joseph
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Aram Goudsouzian
- Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
- Martin Duberman
- Christopher Parker
- Alvin Poussaint
- Rosa Parks
- Dyllan McGee
- Charles J. Ogletree Jr.
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Stephen Segaller
- Patricia Sullivan
- Peter Kunhardt
Director
Producer
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 5 hours 36 minutes (6 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Relaxed Watch - Easy viewing. Perfect for casual watches.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 6 days
3 episodes/day: 2 days
5 episodes/day: 2 days
Episodes (6)
- S01E01 - The Black Atlantic (1500-1800)
- S01E02 - The Age of Slavery (1800-1860)
- S01E03 - Into the Fire (1861-1896)
- S01E04 - Making a Way Out of No Way (1897-1940)
- S01E05 - Rise! (1940-1968) Viewing
- S01E06 - A More Perfect Union (1968-2013)