Their thrilling exploits became the basis for rumor and myth.Â
1964 Â - the year America rose up and made choices.
Watch the opening scene of 1964.
"When people saw what had happened to my son, men stood up who had never stood up before."Â
The photos of Emmett Till's mutilated body stunned the nation.Â
Emmett Till's great-uncle and cousin remember the night he was taken.
After a five-day trial and an hour of deliberation, Emmett Till's killers are acquitted.Â
Mamie Till's decision to hold an open-casket funeral would make her son's death a touchstone for a generation.
This 1955 educational film warns of homosexuality, calling it "a sickness of the mind."
Reflections on the Stonewall Uprising.
The Stonewall riots inspired gay Americans to fight for their rights.
In 1969, homosexuality was illegal in almost every state... but that was about to change. The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement.
