Black History in Two Minutes (or so) (2019)

Today, many are familiar with the term &quot;filibuster,&quot; a procedure to prolong debate and delay a vote - but less well-known is its complicated history, which began not with the framers of the Constitution but half a century later, a...

Filibuster

Today, many are familiar with the term "filibuster," a procedure to prolong debate and delay a vote - but less well-known is its complicated history, which began not with the framers of the Constitution but half a century later, at the height of tensions surrounding slavery. Starting with pre-Civil War theatrics in the Senate Chamber, the filibuster has evolved through emancipation, Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, and the civil rights movement to become an all-encompassing tactic with the capacity to trump the will of the majority. Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - with additional commentary from author Adam Jentleson and Imani Perry of Princeton University - we trace how an antebellum legislative maneuver meant to empower slaveholders became a Senate institution at the center of urgent debate.

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