Slavery and The Making of America on PBS for Black History Month

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The Slavery in New York exhibit at the NY Historical Society;
http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/

Coming to PBS on Feb. 9th and the 16th from 9PM to 11PM is the four part series "Slavery And The Making Of America", produced by Dante James, and narrated by Morgan Freeman. Dante is an incredible filmmaker who has produced many award wining films among them biographies on Marian Anderson and A. Philip Randolph. He worked with the late great filmmaker Henry Hampton at Blackside and was the executive producer of Hampton's last series "This Far By Faith: African American Spiritual Journeys".

"Slavery And The Making Of America" tells the story of slavery from the point
of view of the enslaved. The series recognizes the strength, humanity and
dignity of the enslaved and redefines them as pro-active
freedom fighters not passive victims.

It is essential to encourage friends and family to watch. If we can create a large audience for this important series PBS will be forced to produce and air more programs that address the African-American experience. There are also two web sites for the series
they are:

www.pbs.org/slavery and
www.slaveryinamerica.com