1. Citizen

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. 17 February 2021. 56 min

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

2. Resistance

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. 17 February 2021. 57 min

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

3. Wait

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. 17 February 2021. 58 min

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

4. Control

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. 17 February 2021. 62 min

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

5. Love

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. 17 February 2021. 57 min

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.

6. Promise

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. 17 February 2021. 60 min

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