Are people born free? Do governments give rights to citizens or do citizens give-up some rights in exchange for good government? These are stories about people seeking and achieving their civil rights.
Fisher authors his own life's story and screen play.
Illinois has a law allowing husbands to declare their wives insane and have them committed to an asylum.
Japan decides to take control of East Asia and stop white, colonial control because they want to create an empire.
The British government in South Africa enacts race-based laws to oppress blacks in the country.
One of Bass' letters reaches the right people in the North. Henry Northup makes a plan to free Platt (Solomon Northup).
With the blessing of the U.S. Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, the South continues to legally practice racial inequality as a way of life.
The jurors selected in the William Penn case side with the defendant, surprising the judges.
The jurors stand by their verdict, in favor of William Penn, are willing to starve for it.
Desmond sees giving up his children as temporary, but the government has other ideas.
A former slave named Sarah Gudger tells of the things she experienced in her 121 years of life.
Cornwallis wants Tone quickly tried and executed, so there was no justice.
Wallace is given a show trial but he is not allowed a lawyer or to speak on his own behalf.
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