PRODUCT SUMMARY
This abridged version of the
Emmy Award-winning
PBS series traces America's Civil Rights Movement between the years 1954 to 1965 from the perspective of ordinary men and women. Viewers will witness the struggle for racial equality and social justice through first-person accounts, rare interviews and historical footage, still archives and songs. This abridged version includes the first six episodes of the series on 3 discs.
Winner of 6 Emmy Awards, 2 Peabody Awards and 3 CINE Golden Eagle Awards.
- Awakenings (1954-1956)
Explores the events that exposed racial discrimination in America and shaped the Civil Rights Movement.
- Fighting Back (1957-1962)
Examines the clash between state and federal governments over "separate but equal" education.
- Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)
Looks at how college students united to overcome segregation.
- No Easy Walk (1961-1963)
Focuses on the power of mass demonstration with the emergence of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Mississippi: Is This America? (1962-1964)
Looks at how Mississippi became a testing ground of constitutional principles as activists focus their energies on the right to vote.
- Bridge to Freedom (1965)
Considers the lessons of the decade and the role of TV in the Civil Rights Movement.
