Timeline: Mexico & Peru
A timeline of Mexico and Peru's often overlooked and surprisingly rich black and African histories. The post Timeline: Mexico & Peru appeared first on Black in Latin America.
View ArticleTimeline: Brazil
Brazil's 'rainbow nation' past and present; a timeline of a country with deep African roots. The post Timeline: Brazil appeared first on Black in Latin America.
View ArticleTimeline: Haiti & the Dominican Republic
A timeline documenting the complex, intertwined, and often contentious histories of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The post Timeline: Haiti & the Dominican Republic appeared first on Black in...
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Photo Gallery
You can move through the gallery by clicking on the “PREV” and “NEXT” buttons that appear in the upper left and right of each image. The post Photo Gallery appeared first on Black in Latin America.
View ArticleQ&A with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
First, could you talk a little bit about this project? I conceived of this as a trilogy of documentary series that would mimic the patterns of the triangle trade. There would be a series on Africa...
View ArticlePreview: Black in Latin America
Black in Latin America is the third of a trilogy that began in 1999 with the broadcast of Professor Gates’s first series for public television, Wonders of the African World, an exploration of the...
View ArticleFull Episode: Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided
In the Dominican Republic, Professor Gates explores how race has been socially constructed in a society whose people reflect centuries of inter-marriage, and how the country’s troubled history with...
View ArticleFull Episode: 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 ArticleFull Episode: Brazil: A Racial Paradise?
In Brazil, Professor Gates delves behind the façade of Carnival to discover how this ‘rainbow nation’ is waking up to its legacy as the world’s largest slave economy. .video-wrap {position: relative;...
View ArticleFull Episode: Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet
In Mexico and Peru Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history of the significant numbers of black people—the two countries together received far more slaves than did the United States —brought...
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