In words, photographs, and music, Pete Seeger and Bob Reiser tell the story of the civil rights movement, building their narrative around the accounts of people involved and the songs that inspired their struggle. It documents the sit-ins, freedom rides, and marches that occurred...
Montgomery, Alabama, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. A local pastor, Martin Luther King Jr, agrees to let people meet in his church to discuss what to do. The civil rights movement has begun.