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America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience
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America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience

Jan 31, 2016
0h 45m
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Overview

Chronicles over four centuries of African American influence on the development of the modern-day United States. Before Plymouth Rock and Jamestown, St. Augustine, FL had built a multicultural colony of free and enslaved men and women. This small colony would eventually set the stage for the first Underground Railroad in the late 1600s. Then, 300 years later, be the epicenter of events that would lead to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Mummy Cat Productions

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America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience Trailers

Cast

Jason Alan Carvell

Self - Host

Jason Alan Carvell