Amend: The Fight for America

Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.

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Documentary
News
War & Politics
Created By

Tom YellinRobe Imbriano

First Aired on

Feb 17, 2021

1 seaons till Feb 17, 2021

Popularity: 3.7311
166 votes
Networks
Production

The Documentary Group (US)MakeMake (US)Westbrook (US)Wilmore Films (US)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Promise

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Limited Series

Aired

6 Episodes
  • Episode 1Citizen56 min

    After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.

  • Episode 2Resistance57 min

    After ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.

  • Episode 3Wait58 min

    As the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.

  • Episode 4Control62 min

    In the 1970s, women appeal to evolving interpretations of the 14th Amendment in their fight to achieve equality and control their own destinies.

  • Episode 5Love57 min

    After decades of setbacks, the struggle for same-sex marriage equality culminates in an Ohio couple's case taken up by the Supreme Court in 2015.

Crew & Team

Kenny Leon

Director

Reinaldo Marcus Green

Director

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