Amend: The Fight for America
Overview
Will Smith takes the helm in this exploration of the ongoing and sometimes deadly struggle for civil rights in America, viewed through the perspective of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Episodes
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1
Citizen
Having fled from slavery, Frederick Douglass emerges as a key advocate for the rights of Black Americans, passionately urging for their citizenship. H...
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2
Resistance
Following its ratification, the 14th Amendment's assurances of equality were undermined by brutal acts of violence, judicial decisions, and the pervas...
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3
Wait
In the 1960s, as the civil rights movement picks up steam, Martin Luther King Jr. organizes protests that pressure President John F. Kennedy to take d...
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4
Control
During the 1970s, women increasingly turned to new interpretations of the 14th Amendment as they sought to secure equality and assert control over the...
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5
Love
Following years of challenges and obstacles, the fight for same-sex marriage rights reaches a pivotal moment with a case involving an Ohio couple that...
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6
Promise
For generations, immigrants have looked to America as a land of opportunity, yet their aspirations have often been crushed by discriminatory policies,...
