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Awakenings (1954-1956)
Individual acts of courage inspire Black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
Episode Clips
Awakenings (1954-1956) | Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell shares the motivating factors for Black Americans to join the movement.
Awakenings (1954-1956) | Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery, AL's Black residents prep for the 1955 bus boycott after Rosa Park's arrest.
Awakenings (1954-1956) | The Bus Boycott: Women and Allyship
The Montgomery bus boycott creates a necessary relationship between Black and white women.
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