January 15, 1990 • 1h
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the civil rights movement: the insistent call for power. Malcolm X ta...Read more
January 20, 1990 • 1h
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders ...Read more
January 29, 1990 • 1h
The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins election as the f...Read more
February 5, 1990 • 1h
Martin Luther King stakes out new ground for himself and the rapidly fragmenting civil rights movement. One year before his death,...Read more
February 12, 1990 • 1h
A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize black America. World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay challenges America t...Read more
February 19, 1990 • 1h
Black activism is increasingly met with a sometimes violent and unethical response from local and federal law enforcement agencies...Read more
February 26, 1990 • 1h
In the 1970s, antidiscrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the civil rights movement are put to the test. In Boston, ...Read more
March 5, 1990 • 1h
Power and powerlessness. Miami's black community -- pummeled by urban renewal, a lack of jobs, and police harassment -- explodes i...Read more