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May 11th, 2011
Full Episode: Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet
In Mexico and Peru Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history of two significant black populations.
May 4th, 2011
Full 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.
April 27th, 2011
Full Episode: Cuba: The Next Revolution
In Black in Latin America's second episode, Professor Gates explores race and identity in Cuba.
April 12th, 2011
Full Episode: Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided
The first episode of the
Black in Latin America
series explores race and identity in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
March 4th, 2011
Preview: Black in Latin America
Watch a preview of the newest series by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,
Black in Latin America
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Full Episode: Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet
Full Episode: Brazil: A Racial Paradise?
Full Episode: Cuba: The Next Revolution
Full Episode: Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided
Preview: Black in Latin America
Full Episode: Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided
Preview: Black in Latin America
Full Episode: Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet
Full Episode: Brazil: A Racial Paradise?
Full Episode: Cuba: The Next Revolution
I am so glad that we are finally being seen as a people outside of our respected countries. My mother ...
Marcus Edwin | 12Jul12 |
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what is special about being a mixture? what african american is not part indian, white and black? the difference is ...
marco | 11Jul12 |
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Gates needs to delve MUCH DEEPER into his research about the african origins of Mexico and Peru. Peru very ...
Ebony | 8Jul12 |
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Good series, containing some inaccuracies though. The chapters on Cuba, Santo Domingo & Haiti and Brazil are great, but there ...
Fernando | 3Jul12 |
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"One drop" rule is the most racist thing ever. If a guy has 1% of african blood (whatever that it ...
Rainor | 3Jul12 |
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