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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.
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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.
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Episode 1
After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, Kenny LeonGuest stars Mahershala Ali, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Graham Greene, Martha S. Jones, Sonequa Martin-Green, Randall Park, Pedro Pascal, Yara Shahidi
Episode 2
After ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, Kenny LeonGuest stars Mahershala Ali, Pedro Pascal, Bobby Cannavale, Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, Aja Naomi King, Ki Hong Lee, Courtney B. Vance
Episode 3
As the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, Kenny LeonGuest stars Storm Reid, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Graham Greene, Randall Park, Aja Naomi King, Courtney B. Vance, Larry Wilmore, Utkarsh Ambudkar
Episode 4
In the 1970s, women appeal to evolving interpretations of the 14th Amendment in their fight to achieve equality and control their own destinies.
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, Kenny LeonGuest stars Bobby Cannavale, Samira Wiley, Larry Wilmore, Lena Waithe, Sterling K. Brown, Laverne Cox, Joshua Jackson, Willow Smith
Episode 5
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.
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, Kenny LeonGuest stars Martha S. Jones, Bobby Cannavale, Samira Wiley, Larry Wilmore, Lena Waithe, Laverne Cox, Whitney Cummings, Hannah Gadsby
Episode 6
Immigrants have long put their hope in America, but intolerant policies, racism and shocking violence have frequently trampled their dreams.
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, Kenny LeonGuest stars Mahershala Ali, Graham Greene, Randall Park, Samira Wiley, Larry Wilmore, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane, Sterling K. Brown
Episode information updated Sep 17, 2026
Will SmithSelf - Host
Storm ReidSelf
Mahershala AliSelf
Joseph Gordon-LevittSelf
Graham GreeneSelf
Sonequa Martin-GreenSelf
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