Presents an account of what happened in 1957 when nine African-American students attempted to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in accordance with the Supreme Court decision that made segregation illegal.
Presents an account of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, organized by African-Americans in an effort to persuade the government to pass civil rights legislation.
Examines the sit-ins and freedom rides organized in the 1960s in an effort to secure equal rights for African-Americans, looking at how the nonviolent protestors were attacked by whites in several specific instances, and discussing President John F. Kennedy's attempts to ensure their safety.
Presents an account of the boycott of city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1956 by African-Americans who were protesting a policy that required African-Americans to sit in the back of a bus, or give up their seats for white people.
