The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Classroom | Life After the Emancipation Proclamation

There was continued oppression of African Americans following the Emancipation Proclamation. *Note: This video contains graphic images of lynchings. This video is an excerpt from Episode Four, Making a Way Out of No Way, from the series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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