Episodes (11 available)

Sixty years on, the university is engaged in a new struggle over its history and identity.

As Meredith walks further into civil rights history, an armed figure steps on to the road.

Meredith's name is breaking news again as he announces he may not stay at the university.

Meredith is being relentlessly harassed and more soldiers are now on campus than students.

The stage is set for what will be described as the last battle of the American Civil War.

As armed segregationists head for Oxford, President JFK and the governor talk in secret.

The Supreme Court order to admit Meredith to the university is openly defied.

The civil rights movement is shaking up the south as Meredith begins a fierce legal battle

James Meredith has conceived a masterplan and is prepared to risk his life on it.