Amend: The Fight for America

When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply to all people. These are the stories of the brave Americans who fought to right the nation’s wrongs and enshrine the values we hold most dear into the Constitution — with liberty and justice for all.

2021 HD 60min TV-MA United States English

Tom Yellin Will Smith Bryan Stevenson

Documentary History

politics civil war racism immigration race politics usamexico border immigrant immigration law racial segregation gay marriage

S1E1 - Citizen 2021-02-17

After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.

S1E2 - Resistance 2021-02-17

After ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendments promises of equality.

S1E3 - Wait 2021-02-17

As the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.