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60 minutes
Source: PBS Home Video
In 1965, Catholic nuns from across the country answered Martin Luther King's call to join the voting rights marches in Selma, Alabama. These courageous women became powerful agents of change. Nearly forty years later, they look back on the Civil Rights Movement, their role in it, and how it changed their lives.
Lynda Lowery describes "Bloody Sunday" and the resolve that motivated her throughout.
Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette tells of his time singing in protest while in the Parchman State Prison Farm during the Freedom Rides.
In 1876, the United States celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. In honor of the event, the French sent a gift: a huge copper statue that represents liberty. Emma Lazarus, a Jew whose family had lived in the nation for generations, described the statue as:
