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Enslaved Africans, shipped to the shores of North America, found ways to preserve their culture and beliefs as a way to sustain them through the atrocities of slavery. From hush harbours to praise houses to brick-and-mortar structures that stand today, host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the historic beginnings of the Black Church. Part 1 of 4.
Under slavery, the Christian faith provided a way for enslaved people to cope with the brutal and dehumanising experience of bondage. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals that with freedom on the horizon, independent Black churches helped the formerly enslaved navigate emancipation, the Civil War and the promise of Reconstruction, during this transformational period in American history. Part 2 of 4.
The dawn of the 20th century was a pivotal period for Black churches socially, musically, economically and politically. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr, shares how the “nation within a nation” expanded its reach to address the social ills of society and minister to those in need. At the same time, we see how a clear denominational divide emerged within the Black Church. Part 3 of 4.
After the violent loss of leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Black churches found themselves at a crossroads. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers how Black churches grappled with their contradictory legacy of being an instrument of liberation, while at the same time battling class and ideological divisions that alienated vital members of their congregations. Part 4 of 4.
Revealing more family strategies at work, and the heavy price the young pay in hostile takeovers. Part 6 of 12.
How do we make the most basic decisions in our life and why do we make them that way? Back in hunter/gatherer times, most decisions were made almost instantaneously, without reflection. The brains of chimpanzees and gorillas operate almost the same way. It turns out that our brain is like a camera which has manual and automatic settings - when the automatic setting is engaged, we make decisions without even being aware of it. Part 1 of 4.
Our decisions are both predictable and also often far more irrational than we imagine - from what we decide to eat to when we decide to buy something. That’s because the way our brain functions when we’re making these decisions has evolved from the world inhabited by our ancestors 10,000 years ago. And because our brains operate in this way, all of us often make the same irrational decision in the same situations - we are 'predictably irrational'. And that’s an enormously important discovery, because it opens the door to those who seek to influence us in a variety of ways, often without our being aware of it. Part 2 of 4.
New discoveries show how our 'predictably irrational' decision-making leaves us highly vulnerable to being manipulated. A sophisticated understanding of how we each make decision is leading to new techniques that are 'weapons of influence' - available to employers, advertisers, politicians and many others who want to influence our decisions. Part 3 of 4.
How are recent discoveries about how we make decisions being used to change the world for the better? And how can we use them to do the same thing in our own lives? Scientists are developing what they call 'nudges' - ways of triggering us to improve our own decisions without even being aware of it. They are 'weapons of influence' for good. Part 4 of 4.
