Amend: The Fight for AmericaLimited SeriesSeason 1 · 2021 · 6 episodesEpisodes1CitizenAfter escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.2ResistanceAfter ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.3WaitAs the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.4ControlIn the 1970s, women appeal to evolving interpretations of the 14th Amendment in their fight to achieve equality and control their own destinies.5LoveAfter decades of setbacks, the struggle for same-sex marriage equality culminates in an Ohio couple's case taken up by the Supreme Court in 2015.6PromiseImmigrants have long put their hope in America, but intolerant policies, racism and shocking violence have frequently trampled their dreams.
