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Explained: Season 1

1x01 The Racial Wealth Gap
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Aired2018-05-23T07:00:00Z on Netflix
Runtime20m
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
GenresDocumentary

Cory Booker and others discuss how slavery, housing discrimination and centuries of inequality have compounded to create a racial wealth gap.

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Mehrsa Baradaran
Self - Author
Cory Booker
Self - U.S. Senator
Thomas Shapiro
Self - Sociologist
Beth Jacobson
Self - Foreclosure Specialist
James Baldwin
Self (archive footage)
Edward A. Bouchet
Self - First Black Ph.D Recipient (archive footage)
Shirley Chisholm
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Self (archive footage)
Stephen Colbert
Self (archive footage)
Bessie Coleman
Self - First Black Licensed Pilot (archive footage)
Alan Greenspan
Self (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Jay-Z
Self (voice)
Robert L. Johnson
Self - First Black Billionaire (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Dennis Kucinich
Self (archive footage)
Abraham Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Alain Leroy Locke
Self - First Black Rhodes Scholar (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Thurgood Marshall
Self - First Black Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)
Hattie McDaniel
Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)
Michelle Obama
Self - First Black First Lady (archive footage)
Jesse Owens
Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)
Colin Powell
Self - First Black Secretary of State (archive footage)
Joseph Rainey
Self - First Black Congressperson (archive footage)
Hiram Revels
Self - First Black Senator (archive footage)
Jackie Robinson
Self - First Black MLB Player (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Rick Santelli
Self (archive footage)
William Tecumseh Sherman
Self (archive footage)
Ruth Simmons
Self - First Black Ivy League President (archive footage)
Edwin M. Stanton
Self (archive footage)
George Stephanopoulos
Self (archive footage)
Brian Williams
Self (archive footage)
Samira Wiley
Narrator (voice)
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)

Series Premiere

Explained: Season 1

1x01 The Racial Wealth GapTV-MA

ActorsAll Cast & Crew

Guest Stars 38

Mehrsa Baradaran

Self - Author

Cory Booker

Self - U.S. Senator

Thomas Shapiro

Self - Sociologist

Beth Jacobson

Self - Foreclosure Specialist

James Baldwin

Self (archive footage)

Edward A. Bouchet

Self - First Black Ph.D Recipient (archive footage)

Shirley Chisholm

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Self (archive footage)

Stephen Colbert

Self (archive footage)

Bessie Coleman

Self - First Black Licensed Pilot (archive footage)

Alan Greenspan

Self (archive footage)

Jesse Jackson

Self (archive footage)

Jay-Z

Self (voice)

Robert L. Johnson

Self - First Black Billionaire (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Dennis Kucinich

Self (archive footage)

Abraham Lincoln

Self (archive footage)

Alain Leroy Locke

Self - First Black Rhodes Scholar (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Thurgood Marshall

Self - First Black Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)

Hattie McDaniel

Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)

Michelle Obama

Self - First Black First Lady (archive footage)

Jesse Owens

Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)

Colin Powell

Self - First Black Secretary of State (archive footage)

Joseph Rainey

Self - First Black Congressperson (archive footage)

Hiram Revels

Self - First Black Senator (archive footage)

Jackie Robinson

Self - First Black MLB Player (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Rick Santelli

Self (archive footage)

William Tecumseh Sherman

Self (archive footage)

Ruth Simmons

Self - First Black Ivy League President (archive footage)

Edwin M. Stanton

Self (archive footage)

George Stephanopoulos

Self (archive footage)

Brian Williams

Self (archive footage)

Samira Wiley

Narrator (voice)

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1x01 The Racial Wealth Gap
TV-MA

Actors
All Cast & Crew

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