Seasons & Episodes
Awakenings, 1954-1956
Individual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white
Fighting Back, 1957-1962
States' rights loyalists and federal authorities collide in the 1957 battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High Scho
Ain't Scared of Your Jails, 1960-1961
Black college students take a leadership role in the civil rights movement as lunch counter sit-ins spread across the So
No Easy Walk, 1962-1966
The civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as its
Mississippi, Is This America, 1962-1964
Mississippi's grass-roots civil rights movement becomes an American concern when college students travel south to help r
Bridge to Freedom, 1965
A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. A major victory is w
The Time Has Come, 1964-1965
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the civil rights movement: the insistent call for power. Ma
Two Societies, 1965-1968
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil right
Power! 1967-1968
The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins electio
The Promised Land, 1967-1968
Martin Luther King stakes out new ground for himself and the rapidly fragmenting civil rights movement. One year before
Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More, 1964-1972
A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize black America. World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay challenges
A Nation of Law?, 1967-1968
Black activism is increasingly met with a sometimes violent and unethical response from local and federal law enforcemen
The Keys to the Kingdom, 1974-1980
In the 1970s, antidiscrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the civil rights movement are put to the test. I
Back to the Movement, 1979-mid 1980s
Power and powerlessness. Miami's black community -- pummeled by urban renewal, a lack of jobs, and police harassment --
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