Amend: The Fight for America
★ 7.1·2021·1 seasons · 6 episodes·Series
DocumentaryWar & Politics
Synopsis
Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
Episodes
Season 11
CitizenAfter escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.56m2
ResistanceAfter ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.57m3
WaitAs the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.58m4
ControlIn the 1970s, women appeal to evolving interpretations of the 14th Amendment in their fight to achieve equality and control their own destinies.62m5
LoveAfter decades of setbacks, the struggle for same-sex marriage equality culminates in an Ohio couple's case taken up by the Supreme Court in 2015.57m6
PromiseImmigrants have long put their hope in America, but intolerant policies, racism and shocking violence have frequently trampled their dreams.60m
CitizenAfter escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.56m2ResistanceAfter ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.57m3WaitAs the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.58m4ControlIn the 1970s, women appeal to evolving interpretations of the 14th Amendment in their fight to achieve equality and control their own destinies.62m5LoveAfter decades of setbacks, the struggle for same-sex marriage equality culminates in an Ohio couple's case taken up by the Supreme Court in 2015.57m6PromiseImmigrants have long put their hope in America, but intolerant policies, racism and shocking violence have frequently trampled their dreams.60mCast
