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Black in Latin America


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 relationship between Africa and the New World, a story he continued in 2004 with America Beyond the Color Line, a report on the lives of modern-day African Americans. Black In Latin America, premiering nationally Tuesdays April 19, 26 and May 3, 10, 2011 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings), examines how Africa and Europe came together to create the rich cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Genre: Documentary

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  • Episodes

    • Episode

      Black in Latin America: Mexico & Peru: A Hidden Race

      aired: Thu, May 12, 2011

      Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history their significant black populations: the two countries together received far more slaves than did the United States.

    • Episode

      Black in Latin America: Mexico & Peru: A Hidden Race

      aired: Thu, May 12, 2011

      Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history their significant black populations: the two countries together received far more slaves than did the United States.

    • Episode

      Black in Latin America: Brazil: A Racial Paradise?

      aired: Wed, May 4, 2011

      In Brazil, Professor Gates explores how this 'rainbow nation' is waking up to its legacy as the world's largest slave economy.

    • Episode

      Black in Latin America: Brazil: A Racial Paradise?

      aired: Wed, May 4, 2011

      In Brazil, Professor Gates explores how this 'rainbow nation' is waking up to its legacy as the world's largest slave economy.

    • Episode

      Black in Latin America: Cuba: The Next Revolution

      aired: Wed, Apr 27, 2011

      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 19th century sugar industry, and how race and racism have fared since Fidel Castro's Communist revolution in 1959.

    • Episode

      Black in Latin America: Cuba: The Next Revolution

      aired: Wed, Apr 27, 2011

      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 19th century sugar industry, and how race and racism have fared since Fidel Castro's Communist revolution in 1959.

    • Episode

      Black in Latin America: Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided

      aired: Tue, Apr 26, 2011

      In the Dominican Republic, Professor Gates explores how race has been socially constructed, and how the country's troubled history with Haiti informs notions about racial classification. In Haiti, Professor Gates tells the story of the birth of the first-ever black republic, and finds out how the slaves hard fight for liberation became a double edged sword.

    • Episode

      Black in Latin America: Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided

      aired: Tue, Apr 26, 2011

      In the Dominican Republic, Professor Gates explores how race has been socially constructed, and how the country's troubled history with Haiti informs notions about racial classification. In Haiti, Professor Gates tells the story of the birth of the first-ever black republic, and finds out how the slaves hard fight for liberation became a double edged sword.