The life of the great abolitionist who escaped slavery in 1838 and used his talents as a writer and orator to fight for emancipation. Douglass edited an abolitionist newspaper, recruited black regiments during the Civil War, and advised President Lincoln.

In Philadelphia in 1776, a bargain was struck with South Carolina allowing slavery--it was a deal that would lead to disaster.

This one-hour documentary explores the key battles in the Civil Rights Movement that transformed American society--from the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 to the Chicago Campaign which led to the Fair Housing Act of 1968. This special will uncover what it took to translate protest into real legislative change.

Henry cracks open the books on one of America's most defining chapters--the Civil Rights movement. On a road not often traveled, he crosses the country in search of the unknown stories that built a generation of heroes. From the little-known actions of iconic pioneers like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Lyndon Johnson to the many courageous deeds of unheralded champions, there's much more to America's fight for equality than you've been taught.

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrating the effective end to slavery in the United States. It marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when in the wake of the American Civil War, Major General Gordon Granger led federal troops into Galveston to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed. He ordered the final enforcement in Texas of the Emancipation Proclamation signed in 1863 by President Lincoln. This program explains the history and the legacy of this special anniversary, including interviews with historians and African American descendants commemorating this special event.

From roughly 1955 to 1965, an organized movement fueled by Black Americans grew across the American south. The goal--an end to segregation and a guarantee of equal civil rights. And nowhere did the movement for Black equality fight its most crucial battles than in one of the most segregated states in the union--Alabama.

Theo Wilson time-travels to the tension-filled 60s to see how inspirational Civil Rights hero, John Lewis, came to lead a historic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday. Wilson charts Lewis' career from his first childhood protest, to risking his body and life as a civil rights icon, to the Bloody Sunday march, and how a decision to air it on national TV helped lead to change.

Selma, Alabama, March 7, 1965. A line of civil rights protestors crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on a march to the capital in Montgomery. Alabama State Troopers blocked their path, and the unprovoked brutality that followed shocked a nation and moved President Johnson to press for passage of a voting rights bill. We trace events leading up to "Bloody Sunday," draw on personal experiences, and provide a unique backdrop to one of America's most turbulent times.

Explores eight unique African American historic sites in Boston, New York, Jacksonville, Florida, and Washington, D.C.

The life of the great abolitionist who escaped slavery in 1838 and used his talents as a writer and orator to fight for emancipation. Douglass edited an abolitionist newspaper, recruited black regiments during the Civil War, and advised President Lincoln.

In Philadelphia in 1776, a bargain was struck with South Carolina allowing slavery--it was a deal that would lead to disaster.

This one-hour documentary explores the key battles in the Civil Rights Movement that transformed American society--from the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 to the Chicago Campaign which led to the Fair Housing Act of 1968. This special will uncover what it took to translate protest into real legislative change.

Henry cracks open the books on one of America's most defining chapters--the Civil Rights movement. On a road not often traveled, he crosses the country in search of the unknown stories that built a generation of heroes. From the little-known actions of iconic pioneers like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Lyndon Johnson to the many courageous deeds of unheralded champions, there's much more to America's fight for equality than you've been taught.

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrating the effective end to slavery in the United States. It marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when in the wake of the American Civil War, Major General Gordon Granger led federal troops into Galveston to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed. He ordered the final enforcement in Texas of the Emancipation Proclamation signed in 1863 by President Lincoln. This program explains the history and the legacy of this special anniversary, including interviews with historians and African American descendants commemorating this special event.

From roughly 1955 to 1965, an organized movement fueled by Black Americans grew across the American south. The goal--an end to segregation and a guarantee of equal civil rights. And nowhere did the movement for Black equality fight its most crucial battles than in one of the most segregated states in the union--Alabama.

Theo Wilson time-travels to the tension-filled 60s to see how inspirational Civil Rights hero, John Lewis, came to lead a historic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday. Wilson charts Lewis' career from his first childhood protest, to risking his body and life as a civil rights icon, to the Bloody Sunday march, and how a decision to air it on national TV helped lead to change.

Selma, Alabama, March 7, 1965. A line of civil rights protestors crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on a march to the capital in Montgomery. Alabama State Troopers blocked their path, and the unprovoked brutality that followed shocked a nation and moved President Johnson to press for passage of a voting rights bill. We trace events leading up to "Bloody Sunday," draw on personal experiences, and provide a unique backdrop to one of America's most turbulent times.

Explores eight unique African American historic sites in Boston, New York, Jacksonville, Florida, and Washington, D.C.

The life of the great abolitionist who escaped slavery in 1838 and used his talents as a writer and orator to fight for emancipation. Douglass edited an abolitionist newspaper, recruited black regiments during the Civil War, and advised President Lincoln.

In Philadelphia in 1776, a bargain was struck with South Carolina allowing slavery--it was a deal that would lead to disaster.

This one-hour documentary explores the key battles in the Civil Rights Movement that transformed American society--from the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 to the Chicago Campaign which led to the Fair Housing Act of 1968. This special will uncover what it took to translate protest into real legislative change.

Henry cracks open the books on one of America's most defining chapters--the Civil Rights movement. On a road not often traveled, he crosses the country in search of the unknown stories that built a generation of heroes. From the little-known actions of iconic pioneers like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Lyndon Johnson to the many courageous deeds of unheralded champions, there's much more to America's fight for equality than you've been taught.

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrating the effective end to slavery in the United States. It marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when in the wake of the American Civil War, Major General Gordon Granger led federal troops into Galveston to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed. He ordered the final enforcement in Texas of the Emancipation Proclamation signed in 1863 by President Lincoln. This program explains the history and the legacy of this special anniversary, including interviews with historians and African American descendants commemorating this special event.

From roughly 1955 to 1965, an organized movement fueled by Black Americans grew across the American south. The goal--an end to segregation and a guarantee of equal civil rights. And nowhere did the movement for Black equality fight its most crucial battles than in one of the most segregated states in the union--Alabama.

Theo Wilson time-travels to the tension-filled 60s to see how inspirational Civil Rights hero, John Lewis, came to lead a historic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday. Wilson charts Lewis' career from his first childhood protest, to risking his body and life as a civil rights icon, to the Bloody Sunday march, and how a decision to air it on national TV helped lead to change.

Selma, Alabama, March 7, 1965. A line of civil rights protestors crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on a march to the capital in Montgomery. Alabama State Troopers blocked their path, and the unprovoked brutality that followed shocked a nation and moved President Johnson to press for passage of a voting rights bill. We trace events leading up to "Bloody Sunday," draw on personal experiences, and provide a unique backdrop to one of America's most turbulent times.

Explores eight unique African American historic sites in Boston, New York, Jacksonville, Florida, and Washington, D.C.