An Outrage

In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.