United Shades of America Season 1

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Season 1

Air date: 2016-04-24

Episodes: 8

Episodes

E1: Meeting the KKK

In the premiere episode, W. Kamau Bell arranges a special meeting with the Ku-Klux-Klan.

Air date: 2016-04-24 • ★ 0.5

E2: Behind These Walls

Kamau Bell heads to the infamous San Quentin State Prison to meet the men who've spent a lifetime behind bars, hear their stories and discover who they have become.

Air date: 2016-05-01

E3: Latino, U.S.A.

Kamau Bell heads to East Los Angeles to meet with Latinos fighting to live the American Dream while facing prejudice and intolerance.

Air date: 2016-05-08

E4: Protect and Serve?

Kamau Bell heads to Camden, N.J. to check out a new community policing program helping to improve the relationship between citizens and police.

Air date: 2016-05-15

E5: Off the Grid

Kamau Bell experiences life off the grid in North Carolina and Tennessee.

Air date: 2016-05-22

E6: Is It Cool to Be Hip?

Comedian W. Kamau Bell visits Portland, Oregon, to talk to old and new residents and finds a growing social divide involving hipsters and gentrification.

Air date: 2016-05-29

E7: The Last Frontier

Kamau Bell heads to Barrow, Alaska, to observe how a person lives above the Arctic Circle and learns about the Inuit customs and traditions the natives are trying to preserve.

Air date: 2016-06-05

E8: The Fountain of Youth

Kamau Bell heads to Daytona Beach to see how spring breakers and retirees are getting the most out of life.

Air date: 2016-06-12