Episodes
1. Citizen
4.0
February 17, 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.
Guest Stars:
Mahershala Ali, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Graham Greene, Martha S. Jones, Sonequa Martin-Green
2. Resistance
4.0
February 17, 2021
57 min
After ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.
Guest Stars:
Mahershala Ali, Pedro Pascal, Bobby Cannavale, Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs
3. Wait
4.0
February 17, 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.
Guest Stars:
Storm Reid, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Graham Greene, Randall Park, Aja Naomi King
4. Control
4.0
February 17, 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.
Guest Stars:
Bobby Cannavale, Samira Wiley, Larry Wilmore, Lena Waithe, Sterling K. Brown
5. Love
4.5
February 17, 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.
Guest Stars:
Martha S. Jones, Bobby Cannavale, Samira Wiley, Larry Wilmore, Lena Waithe
