America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1965

January 21, 1987 | 6 Episodes

The first season of this Civil Rights documentary chronicles the time period between the United States Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 to the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965.

America at the Racial Crossroads 1965–1985

January 15, 1990 | 8 Episodes

The second season of this Civil Rights documentary chronicles the time period between the national emergence of Malcolm X during 1964 to the 1983 election of Harold Washington as the first African-American mayor of Chicago.