America Amended | Official Trailer | Hosted by Trymaine Lee | The Root

After 250 years, what do our constitutional rights mean beyond the words on the page? As America marks 250 years, what do our constitutional rights actually mean beyond the words on the page? 📜 America Amended is a new six episode docuseries from The Root and Watering Hole Media, hosted by Pulitzer Prize winner Trymaine Lee. Through the lives of Black Americans, it explores the gap between a legal promise and lived reality. Each episode pairs an amendment with a city and a cultural lens: 📍 Philadelphia | 15th Amendment: Voting rights and political power 📍 Jackson, MS | 19th Amendment: Black women and the fight to vote 📍 Detroit | 1st Amendment: The freedom to be heard 📍 Atlanta | 2nd Amendment: The right to bear arms and the question of safety 📍 Milwaukee | 13th Amendment: Freedom, abolition, and the punishment exception 📍 Houston | 14th Amendment: Citizenship and belonging Who gets to exercise these rights? What barriers remain? And how are communities closing the gap? Premieres Sunday 10/11 at 12 PM ET on The Root's YouTube channel. 🔗 Link in bio. #AmericaAmended #TheRoot #TrymaineLee #CivilRights #BlackHistory Subscribe to The Root for more original storytelling on news, politics, and culture from a Black perspective. The Blacker the Content the Sweeter the Truth: theroot.com Follow us: https://facebook.com/theRoot https://instagram.com/the.root https://tiktok.com/@therootnews https://threads.com/@theroot https://x.com/TheRoot