America Beyond the Color Line
Following his acclaimed PBS series "Wonders of the African World," Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. now travels the United States to examine African American life and culture at the start of the new century. In four one-hour films, Gates visits four different parts of America and interviews the individuals who are defining black America--from the most famous and influential (Maya Angelou, Alicia Keys, Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Powell) to those at the grassroots. Gates is forced to confront the complicated issues of race, identity, integration, culture, class, historical legacy, and what it means to be black in America today.