The final installment in the four-part series “Black in Latin America” on the influence of African descent on Latin American airs Tuesday on PBS.
Harvard
professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. explored the unknown history of the significant
numbers of Black people in six countries –– Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican
Republic, Haiti, Mexico and Peru.
The
series premiered April 19, “Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island
Divided” and the final episode, “Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the
Closet” airs May 10.
Each
episode is available on www.pbs.org the day after broadcast.
