Making Black America
MAKING BLACK AMERICA takes viewers into an extraordinary world that showcased Black people’s ability to collectively prosper, defy white supremacy and define Blackness in ways that transformed America itself.
Making Black America : Virtual Screening Information
Host – Eddie Robinson
Panelist – Stacey L. Holman
Panelist – Pastor Dr. D. Z. Cofield
Panelist – Dr. Ashley Farmer
Making Black America Discussion Guide
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About the panelists
The discussion’s moderator is Eddie Robinson, Houston Public Media executive producer and Prairie View A&M alumnus. The three panelists:
• Stacey L. Holman: Producer/director of ‘Making Black America’
• Pastor Dr. D. Z. Cofield: Senior pastor of Historic Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Houston
• Ashley Farmer (Ph.D.): Associate professor of history and African and African diaspora studies at the University of Texas at Austin
Black Stories
A four-part series from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. which chronicles the vast networks and organizations created by and for Black people.
Read stories by KERA’s award-winning newsroom, about the successes and struggles of the Black community in and around North Texas and throughout the United States.
MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE is a four-part series from executive producer, host and writer Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., which will premiere October 4th on PBS stations nationwide.
Black Americans needed safe havens to escape the “white gaze.” Shayla Harris, Producer/Director of the documentary “Making Black America: Through the Grapevine,” joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss the networks and towns built for Black people…
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Resources from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. collection
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. recounts the full trajectory of African-American history in his groundbreaking series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. The series explores the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed — forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.
Explore educational materials from the series Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise. Embark with professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on a deeply personal journey through the last fifty years of African American history. Travel from the victories of the Civil Rights movement up to today, asking profound questions about the state of black America—and our nation as a whole.
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Texas Historically Black Colleges and Universities Map
- Paul Quinn College – 1872
- Wiley College – 1873
- Huston-Tillotson University – 1875
- Prairie View A&M University – 1876
- Texas College – 1894
- St. Philips College – 1898
- Jarvis Christian College – 1913
- Texas Southern University – 1947
- Thurgood Marshall School of Law – 1946
- Southwestern Christian College – 1948
