Episode
Amend: The Fight for America: Resistance
Overview
After ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.
Details
- Series
- Amend: The Fight for America
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2021-02-17
- Runtime
- 57 min
Episode context
Resistance is Episode 2 in Limited Series of Amend: The Fight for America. It aired on 2021-02-17. The runtime is 57 min.
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Episode 1: Citizen
After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.
Episode 3: Wait
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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Episode 5: Love
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Episode 6: Promise
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