This clip provides an overview of the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan. It also outlines the factors that led to its popularity, its values, how it has transformed over time, and its downfall.
Dr. Martin Luther King leads thousands of marchers out on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. He then holds a prayer session in the middle of the bridge and leads the marchers off the bridge to respect a court order.