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Full Episode: Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet
In Mexico and Peru Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history of two significant black populations.

Full Episode: Brazil: A Racial Paradise?
In Brazil, Professor Gates delves behind the façade of Carnival to discover how this ‘rainbow nation’ is waking up to its legacy as the world’s largest slave economy.

April 27th, 2011

Full Episode: Cuba: The Next Revolution
In Black in Latin America's second episode, Professor Gates explores race and identity in Cuba.

April 12th, 2011

Full Episode: Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided
The first episode of the Black in Latin America series explores race and identity in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

March 4th, 2011

Preview: Black in Latin America
Watch a preview of the newest series by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black in Latin America

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