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Season 1 Episode 6 | 30s

A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. A major victory is won when the federal Voting Rights Bill passes, but civil rights leaders know they have new challenges ahead.

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Power and powerlessness in the cities of Miami and Chicago.
Anti-discrimination rights gained in past decades by the movement are put to the test.
A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize Black America.
Black activism is increasingly met with an unethical response from law enforcement.
The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in Black America.
Martin Luther King, Jr. stakes out new ground for himself and the Civil Rights Movement.
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the movement: call for power.
The Kerner Commission finds "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal."
A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery,
Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern.
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Power and powerlessness in the cities of Miami and Chicago.
Anti-discrimination rights gained in past decades by the movement are put to the test.
A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize Black America.
Black activism is increasingly met with an unethical response from law enforcement.
The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in Black America.
Martin Luther King, Jr. stakes out new ground for himself and the Civil Rights Movement.
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the movement: call for power.
The Kerner Commission finds "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal."
A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery,
Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern.