With John Lewis at his side, MLK’s peaceful march for voting rights altered U.S. history.
Regina King’s directorial debut imagines four Black icons in a discussion as urgent as ever.
Uncover the shocking truth of the scheme against the civil rights icon.
Wanted by the FBI and labeled a fugitive, Davis relentlessly fought for the liberation of her people.
Spike Lee’s radically artistic portrait of the revolutionary leader is a protest in itself.
Witness the landmark case that foreshadowed Thurgood’s unrivaled legacy.
An innovative portrayal of how Rosa Parks’ rousing protest led to the rise of MLK.
The symbolic site of school desegregation offers a stark look at educational inequality.
Through nonviolent protest, four heroic students helped end segregation in the U.S.
Spike Lee personalizes the lives that were lost in the tragic 1963 church bombing.
A look at the events in post-World War II America that led to the civil rights protests and marches. The program depicts Southern race discrimination that prevailed at the beginning of the civil rights movement's activities.
Looking at the law as a tool both for change and resistance to change, particularly as it relates to education, this episode covers the years 1949-1963.
Beginning in 1960, young people on Black college campuses took a more active role in the civil rights movement's leadership and determined their own methods of promoting change.
This episode depicts major civil rights movement events in three American cities.
Starting in 1961, Mississippi became a testing ground of constitutional principles and of the human spirit, as the civil rights movement concentrated its energies on the right to vote.
