Rise Up The Movement that Changed America (2018)

When Martin Luther King Jr was murdered in Memphis TN on April 4 1968 he left a legacy of profound change yet there was still much unfinished work This onehour documentary explores the key battles in the Civil Rights Movement that transformed American societyfrom the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 to the Chicago Campaign which led to the Fair Housing Act of 1968 The special will uncover what it took to translate protest into real legislative change