In "Mississippi: Is This America?" Mississippi becomes a testing ground of constitutional principles as activists focus on the right to vote. Key participants recount the state's resistance to the movement and the equally strong determination of black and white organizers to bring blacks into the political process. Amidst the horror, the Civil rights Bill of 1964 is passed. In "Bridge to Freedom (1965)" eyewitness accounts by the Rev. C.T. Vivian, Stokley Carmichael, and George Wallace illuminate the events of 1965 focusing on a decade of lessons learned and the role of television in the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize. TV images of troopers gassing demonstrators on a Selma bridge fill living rooms. Special features: Interview with Henry Hampton, Primary Source and Graphs and Down loadable Study Guide.