Illuminating the bold stories of people and communities who continue to work for equity and racial justice in the years since the birth of the American civil rights movement.
EPISODE 1
America, Don't Look Away
Through the rise of Reaganomics and the AIDS crisis, communities in the South Bronx and Philadelphia fight for housing and healthcare.
EPISODE 2
Trapped
Public defenders and organisers sound the alarm against the disproportionate impacts of the criminal justice system on the Black community.
EPISODE 3
Million Man March
A look at the controversy and community inspired by the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C.
EPISODE 4
Spoil The Vine
Amid a growing environmental justice movement, communities in West Virginia and Florida fight threats to their health and survival.
EPISODE 5
We Don't See Color
Academics and organizers explore the complexities of affirmative action and how changing demographics have affected school desegregation.
EPISODE 6
What Comes After Hope?
The years of America's first Black president mark both a rise in police brutality and the emergence of the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Asako Gladsjo
Dawn Porter
Joy Gorman Wettels
Bedonna Smith
Patrisse Cullors
Mervyn Marcano
Judi Hampton
Sandra Forman
Steve Golin
Eli Holzman
Aaron Saidman