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

Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on the making of the documentary, and the history and future of race and identity in Latin America.

Photos from Professor Gates's time in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico and Peru.

A timeline of key events in Haiti and the Dominican Republic history.

A timeline of Brazil's history as a 'rainbow nation.'

A timeline of key events in Mexico and Peru's history.

A timeline of key events in Cuba's history.

Professor María Elisa Velázquez Gutiérrez discusses the African and Afro-descendant women in colonial Mexico.

Peruvian historian Maribel Arrelucea Barrantes talks about painter Pancho Fierro and what his work means to her.

Professor Tomás Fernández Robaina on the struggle for recognition of Africans and their descendents in Latin America.