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“This is a demonstration of Black agency, the way we created a world within a world.”

“What you do with most of your imagination is you fall in love, you raise a family, you have children, you build social networks,” said the Harvard University professor.

#Mogul moves series#

Gates said the series is a rebuttal to what he calls the stereotype of a Black America consumed with white people and devoting all of its energy and imagination to fighting white supremacy. “We need to have our self-image, our self-esteem affirmed, because so many actors in our society are trying to tear down our self-esteem, trying to tear down our belief in ourselves,“ he said. But he considers it his “most political“ series yet because it shows the “true complexity of the African American experience,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. “Making Black America” is infused with Gates’ self-described optimism. The four-part series debuting Tuesday on PBS (check local listings) and PBS online was produced, written and hosted by Gates, a steady chronicler of Black history and culture whose more than a dozen documentaries include 2021’s Emmy-nominated “The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song.“ He’s also the host and producer of PBS’ “Finding Your Roots.” The result was a parallel “sepia world” in which Black lives and culture could flourish despite entrenched racism, says filmmaker and scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who celebrates a history of resilience in “Making Black America: Through the Grapevine.” Black colleges, businesses, social groups and even fashion shows grew as alternatives to whites-only institutions and activities. When Black doctors were excluded from the American Medical Association, they formed the National Medical Association in 1895. LOS ANGELES (AP) - America slammed the door in the face of Black progress time after time, and time after time African Americans responded by thriving in a society of their own making.