WORLD Channel

States' rights loyalists and federal authorities collide over integration and segregation; Arkansas' Central High School in 1957 (Little Rock Nine), and the University of Mississippi in 1962 (James Meredith). Both times, a Southern governor squares off with a U.S. president, violence erupts...and integration is carried out. From the award-winning documentary series "Eyes on the Prize."

AMERICA LOST explores America’s “forgotten cities” - Youngstown, OH, Memphis, TN and Stockton, CA. Through a series of stories, the film shows the dramatic decline of once prosperous communities. The film sheds light on how crumbling economic and social institutions have created a gap between the haves and have nots while also offering hope for rebuilding America’s “forgotten” from the bottom up.

Why does "Eyes on the Prize" matter today? The series filmmakers speak about the voices of the ordinary people who became extraordinary activists, and how the stories of the Civil Rights Movement continue to resonate today in the events in Baltimore and Ferguson. From the WORLD Channel special, "Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now."

Highlighting the impact of young voters and exploring the change they want to see from the new U.S. presidential administration. The special features teen voices and leading journalists covering topics such as youth activism, civics, and misinformation. WE THE YOUNG PEOPLE is designed to connect with new audiences and deepen conversations about the most pressing issues in the country.

Mi Historia celebrates Latino stories and culture during Hispanic Heritage Month 2016. In partnership with PBS, American Documentary, Latino Public Broadcasting and WORLD Channel.

Black college students take a leadership role in the civil rights movement; the lunch counter sit-in movement starts in Greensboro, North Carolina and spreads to 69 cities in the South. "Freedom Riders" try to desegregate interstate travel, which the Supreme has banned twice, but are brutally attacked as they travel through Alabama & Mississippi. From the award-winning series "Eyes on the Prize."

AMERICA LOST explores America’s “forgotten cities” - Youngstown, OH, Memphis, TN and Stockton, CA. Through a series of stories, the film shows the dramatic decline of once prosperous communities. The film sheds light on how crumbling economic and social institutions have created a gap between the haves and have nots while also offering hope for rebuilding America’s “forgotten” from the bottom up.

Filmmaker Henry Hampton was inspired to tell the history of the Civil Rights Movement from marching to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. For the black & white, men & women production team, the challenges of producing the six films for Series I of "Eyes on the Prize" ranged from budget to stories. This is the "Making Of." From the WORLD Channel special, "Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now."

In the wake of the Gabriel Giffords shooting and Arizona’s legislative attempts to cleanse the state of undocumented immigrants, it would be easy to think Tucson is a community that’s lost its balance, that’s grown hard, insulated and frightened. But as we’ll see Tucson is a community that’s facing issues that are forging new alliances while severing others.

From the historic sanctuary of Charleston's Mother Emanuel, Beryl Dakers talks with Rev. Betty Clark, Rev. Joe Darby, former S.C. legislator Bakari Sellers and Malcolm Graham. The conversation focuses on the reaction after nine people were murdered during Bible study, and what is left to be done for this community and country to continue to heal.

The civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations with success and failure. Under the leadership of the very visible Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., the triumphant March on Washington, D.C. in 1963 shows a mounting national support for civil rights. And President John F. Kennedy proposes the Civil Rights Act. From the award-winning documentary series "Eyes on the Prize."

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing America, from the inner city to small towns like Yamhill, Oregon. While pockets of empathy and aid exist, are they enough to rescue the thousands of Americans in despair, for whom the American Dream of self-reliance is impossibly out of reach?