Amend: The Fight for America - Limited Series

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Citizen

1 - Citizen

Air Date: February 17, 2021

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

Resistance

2 - Resistance

Air Date: February 17, 2021

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

Wait

3 - Wait

Air Date: February 17, 2021

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

Control

4 - Control

Air Date: February 17, 2021

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

Love

5 - Love

Air Date: February 17, 2021

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.

Promise

6 - Promise

Air Date: February 17, 2021

Immigrants have long put their hope in America, but intolerant policies, racism and shocking violence have frequently trampled their dreams.