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.
Amend: The Fight for America (Season 1)
Citizen (Episode 1) 4.0
Air date: 2021-02-17
Runtime: 56 min
Overview: After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.
Resistance (Episode 2) 4.0
Air date: 2021-02-17
Runtime: 57 min
Overview: After ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.
Wait (Episode 3) 4.0
Air date: 2021-02-17
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: As the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.
Control (Episode 4) 4.0
Air date: 2021-02-17
Runtime: 62 min
Overview: In the 1970s, women appeal to evolving interpretations of the 14th Amendment in their fight to achieve equality and control their own destinies.
Love (Episode 5) 4.5
Air date: 2021-02-17
Runtime: 57 min
Overview: 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.
Promise (Episode 6) 4.0
Air date: 2021-02-17
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Immigrants have long put their hope in America, but intolerant policies, racism and shocking violence have frequently trampled their dreams.
Seasons
Episodes 6