Join Professor Gates in this new PBS program "Black in Latin America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided".

In the Dominican Republic, Professor Gates explores how race has been socially constructed, and how the country's troubled history with Haiti informs notions about racial classification. In Haiti, Professor Gates tells the story of the birth of the first-ever black republic, and finds out how the slaves hard fight for liberation became a double edged sword.

Watch the full episode. See more Black in Latin America.

See also:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/black-in-latin-america/