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Professor Gates describes the history of the African American people by talking to historians, authors, and the people who made history.

Multi-Platinum-selling, country super group Little Big Town, consisting of Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbrook, release the official music video for current radio single, "Hell Yeah." Directed by Blair Getz Mezibov, the "Hell Yeah" video, like the song, brings LBT's Sweet to forefront. Sweet, playing the role of the recently broken-hearted, is taken out by friends (Fairchild, Schlapman, and Westbrook) to an if-you-know-you-know bar and dance hall for a night of fun to get over an ex. Little Big Town gave fans an early look at the new video with an exclusive premiere on Facebook, and it is available everywhere to view now.

Our American Stories exploring the dynamic and shifting relationship America had with her new immigrants in the 20th century. Becoming American - exploring the many journeys to becoming American that defined the "Century of Immigration" (1820s - 1924) and transformed the United States from a sleepy agrarian country into a booming industrial power. Making America - tells the story of the peopling of the New World, of how land came to define the settling and identity of America, and of how the guests' ancestors were part of this history. Know Thyself - takes up the search for the guests' ancestries where the historical record leaves off and links their distinctive family histories to the broader history of "the family of man."

Documentary with host Henry Louis Gates Jr. chronicles the triumphs, struggles and contradictions of the last fifty years in African American History.

Fresh out of state prison, Ricky makes the long and winding trek to visit his daughter for her birthday and restart the life that they have missed. When his chopper breaks down on a desolate part of a rural highway, the past he tried to leave behind begins to catch up to him.

Aliens invaded our planet, waging war until we agreed to a peace treaty. On each human's 13th birthday, one of their young would be sent to battle one of ours-- a new rite of passage.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. helps Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels solve family mysteries through DNA detective work, illuminating both history and their own identities.

At 6' 3" CCA Senior Correctional Officer Terry Williams, Jr. looks intimidating. However, talk to anyone at CCA Hardeman County Correctional Center in Whiteville, Tenn., and they'll tell you his towering presence belies the fact that he's soft spoken and kind.

Delia Herrera, chaplain at CCA Eden Detention Center, is not your typical Roman Catholic nun. She forgoes the traditional nun's garb and mission of evangelizing, and instead focuses her attention on creating a sacred space of worship for the inmates who utilize the chapel.

The series begins at a turning point in American history: the Selma marches and Watts riots that marked a new phase in the black struggle. Gates explores the rising call for Black Power, redefining American culture, politics, and society.

The second hour dramatizes the diverging paths for African Americans and outbursts of white backlash that emerged in the 1970s and early '80s. Gates explores how African Americans found new sources of hope from the creation of hip-hop.

The third hour reveals profound fissures within the country-and within black America-that deepened through the 1980s and '90s, just as African Americans were becoming more visible than ever.

The final episode deals with Hurricane Katrina and the response to it, including how slow the federal government was to respond to a crisis with mostly African-American victims and how white police and citizens in New Orleans suburbs used guns to physically block African-American refugees from Katrina from entering their cities. It also covers the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American U.S. President and the rise of the "Black Lives Matter" movement in response to police shootings of unarmed African-Americans like Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Among the interviewees is Robert Day, former drug dealer and currently co-head of the Fortune Society, a group aimed at helping young Black prisoners re-enter society and find legitimate work, who talks about the continued criminalization of young Black men, who make up 50 percent of U.S. prison inmates even though they're only 6 percent of the U.S. population.