In this two-part series, the Honorable Hugh C. Humphreys covers the history of violence against Black Americans from abolition to the Civil Rights Era. His comprehensive study will also explore the Reconstruction era, the forming of the KKK, and lynchings. These stories will illuminate the lives of individuals like Emmett Till and activists such as Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman. He will then conclude with the Civil and Voting Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965.