Amend: The Fight for America

Aired 2021-02-17

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

Aired 2021-02-17

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

Aired 2021-02-17

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

Aired 2021-02-17

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

Aired 2021-02-17

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.

Aired 2021-02-17

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