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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.

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Anti-discrimination rights gained in past decades by the movement are put to the test.

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The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in Black America.

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Power and powerlessness in the cities of Miami and Chicago.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. stakes out new ground for himself and the Civil Rights Movement.

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After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the movement: call for power.

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The Kerner Commission finds "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal."

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An excerpt of MLK's speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.

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Montgomery, AL's Black residents prep for the 1955 bus boycott after Rosa Park's arrest.

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John Lewis speaks about what the Freedom Riders experienced while traveling in Alabama.