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This film explores the long struggle for black civil rights, reminding us that the pace of progress is often accompanied by conflict and compromise.

Harvey Milk was the first openly gay person elected to political office in California as San Francisco City Supervisor. He was assassinated in November 1978, along with Mayor George Moscone.

This documentary series chronicles the final decades of the American frontier, from the time of the Gold Rush until after the last of the Indian wars at Wounded Knee.

In 1968, Chicano high school students in East Los Angeles walked out of their schools to protest racial discrimination and poor conditions.