Black History Month Programs, Feb 17 Netflix Series

'Amend: The Fight for America'

If the success of Ava DuVernay's "13th" (named for the Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery) is any indicator of the power of  movies about constitutional amendments, then one about the 14th Amendment should surely be just as interesting.

Executive produced by Larry Wilmore and Will Smith, who also serves as host, "Amend: The Fight for America" is a six-part Netflix series (streaming Feb. 17) that explores the amendment, that promises due process and equal protection under the laws to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States."

But because of institutional racism, we know that's not necessarily true. The series looks at what the 14th Amendment really meant, from the 1860s until now.