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Black in Latin America  Cuba: The Next Revolution

How the culture, religion, and politics of this island are inextricably linked to race. Details

 

Program: Black in Latin America

Episode: Cuba: The Next Revolution

In Cuba Professor Gates finds out how the culture, religion, politics and music of this island are inextricably linked to the huge amount of slave labor imported to produce its enormously profitable 19th century sugar industry, and how race and racism have fared since Fidel Castro's Communist revolution in 1959.

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Duration: (51:25)
Premiere Date: 04/26/2011
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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