African American Lives
A Way Out of No Way
S2 E2:
Episode Two traces the guests’ lineages back through the late 1800s to the Civil War, featuring such stories as Chris Rock’s great-great grandfather, a black Civil War veteran who was twice elected to the South Carolina State Legislature, and Don Cheadle’s great-great grandparents, who, as Chickasaw Freedmen, struggled to build lives for themselves in Oklahoma.