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A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery,
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Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern.
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The Civil Rights Movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations.
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Black college students take a leadership role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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States’ rights, loyalists, and federal authorities collide over school integration.
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Individual acts of courage inspire Black Southerners to fight for their rights.
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The definitive story of the civil rights era.
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The definitive story of the civil rights era.
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An excerpt of John Lewis's speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
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The Montgomery bus boycott creates a necessary relationship between Black and white women.
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Black activism is increasingly met with an unethical response from law enforcement.
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A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize Black America.