From the end of the Carter administration and through the rise of Reaganomics and the AIDS crisis, community activists in the South Bronx and Philadelphia come together to fight for fair housing and healthcare amid fires and hate crimes targeting Black gay communities.

Amid increased police brutality and the “war on drugs,” public defenders in Washington, D.C. and local organizers in South Central Los Angeles sound the alarm about institutional structures in the criminal justice system that disproportionately affect the Black community.

A look at the controversy and community inspired by the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C., which came to be a transformative experience for many of the people who traveled from around the nation to participate.

Academics and organizers reflect on the impact of a 1996 California bill targeting Affirmative Action and how a changing demographic landscape has affected school desegregation across the nation.

Despite hope for significant societal change following the election of America’s first Black president, police brutality soars and a new movement emerges under the banner of #BlackLivesMatter.