Archival materials and Douglass' autobiographical writings are used to present the story of his life.

An interesting tale that reveals how in 1963, due to demonstrations and public protests, an amusement park in Maryland became desegregated and opened to all for the first time.

College students played a pivotal role in the protests of the 50's and 60's. Haskell Ward recalls his own college years, evaluates new trends and developments with students at Morehouse, Spelman, Morris Brown, Clark and Atlanta University. He discusses African-American progress with student activists, educators and civil rights leaders. The program shows how Atlanta has become the cathedral city of African-American success.

This program examines the socioeconomic conditions in Watts that have made it an ongoing hotbed of violence.

News documentary on the civil unrest among the blacks and whites in Nashville, Tennessee, and the sit-in demonstration at local lunch counters.

Documentary footage of Harlem's 1967 protest march against America's involvement in the Vietnamese Conflict. Includes interviews with three Black Vietnam veterans who discuss the relationship between racism and war.

The 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling made it clear that segregation would not be tolerated and that states must comply with federal law. In this program, filmed ten years after Brown, news correspondents report on the mixed progress made toward integrating public schools in Nashville, New Rochelle, New Orleans and Prince Edward County, Virginia. Stumbling blocks such as faculty segregation, busing and segregational zoning are examined....

Recountes the experiences of a young Chinese American woman as she encounters ethnic hostility against Asians from Afro-American men and how these feelings are resolved through communication with Afro-Americans.