This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys (2003)

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Fecha de lanzamiento

02 Feb, 2003

Tiempo de ejecución

06:00: (HH:MM)

Episodio total/temporada

6/1

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Celebrate the triumph of the African-American religious experience through the last three centuries. From the arrival of the early African slaves through the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Era, and into the 21st Century, explore the epic struggle of a people whose faith was continually tested, and how that faith became a force for social change that helped transform America socially, politically and culturally.

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This Far by Faith

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Season 1

02 Feb, 2003

The project demonstrated how men and women of color have been forced -- arguably more so than any other ethnic group in the U.S. to rise above their circumstances to flourish and prevail, guided by their unshakeable faith in a divine power (either one borne of their own African religions or one instilled in them by white society).