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- The life and career of Little Richard, the one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll icon who shaped the world of music.
- Amidst some of the most tumultuous times in our nation's history, Rev. Theodore Hesburgh finds himself in the eye of the storm as he works to advance the causes of peace and equal rights.
- How African Americans created the upbeat musical form that started out as gospel quartet music and became rock and roll.
- In the mob-controlled town of Phenix City, Alabama in the 1950s, a crusading lawyer is assassinated after he is elected attorney general on a platform of 'Man Against Crime'. His son reluctantly takes his place, vowing to clean up Phenix City and find his father's killers. Later he uses the race issue to be elected governor so that he can continue his fight against the mob. But his stand as a segregationist leads to tragic results.
- Small towns are the heart and soul of America. At the turn of the century tightly-knit, communities, embody the pioneer spirit. Small town heroes like Will Rogers and jimmy Stewart capture the nation's hearts. In reality many are mired in poverty and desperation. As the city's expand, so the myth of the small town grows and continues to burn brightly in the minds of Americans.
- Theo Wilson time travels to the tension-filled 60s to see how inspirational Civil Rights hero, John Lewis, came to lead a historic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday. Wilson retraces Lewis' bruising quest for change: from a call to action after the murder of Emmett Till and a childhood stand at his local, segregated library, to a poisonous sit-in, a stint in Parchman Prison, and the confrontation in Selma. The audience watches John Lewis' journey and witnesses his lifetime of causing what he called "good trouble" to change the world. This is the story of Lewis, an American hero.
- The 1960s in the United States is a decade that played out on national television, decided a presidency, divided a nation about a war, and on July 20, 1969, declared a winner of the Space Race. Witness the dawn of modern America as it unfolded, through famous, and infamous, images and footage, shown in full color. From the drama of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the music of the Beatles, and from the March on Washington to the walk on the moon, we present the '60s like they've never been seen before.