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Discusses the history of the Afro-American civil rights movement. Significance of the 1963 March to Washington in the protest against racial discrimination in the U.S.; Reasons for the outpouring of humanity during the march; Inspiration provided by Martin Luther King Jr. and his assassination; Failure of some black leaders to emulate King's capacity to inspire mass movement of whites as well as blacks; Problems facing black leadership and civil rights organizations; Emergence of black politicians and other achievements of the Afro-American civil rights movement; Condition of Afro-Americans under the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

Comments on the feelings of distrust among masses of Afro-Americans during the term of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Problems encountered by the movements of social change; Promises addressed by Nixon to the white Southeners but never the blacks; Efforts of liberals to appease the black revolutionaries; Economic problems contributing to the social problems.

Comments on economic and political power of African American people in the U.S. Role of ethnic political machines and other ethnic institutions in the rise of the minorities; Opinion that the African American revolutions such as the civil rights protests, the spreading violence in the cities, and the controversy over black power are reflections of economic changes; Impact of technological developments on the occupations of African Americans; Information on the launch of civil rights movement by African Americans; Differences in the government plans for organized and unorganized labor.

Presents an insight into the political situation in the United States. Overview of the political activities taken by the Independent Voters of Illinois; View that the outcome of 1946 congressional elections will be determined by the extent to which the Democratic Party leadership, the labor movement and independent progressive groups can agree on a program of positive action; Suggestion to encourage new leadership in Missouri; Acknowledgement that Utah has become a really progressive state through political action; Comment that organized labor is the most important political force in California; Description of the situation of the Negroes in Oregon; Deterioration of the Non-Partisan League in North Dakota.

Discusses a rumor that was spread in Memphis, Tennessee, of an African American uprising at Jackson, a smaller city eighty-five miles northeast. Origin of stories of an uprising in a group of Americans who had passed the building of a well known African American fraternal organization; Preparations for first blackout test in Memphis; Statement by Percy Wyly, special agent in charge of the local Federal Bureau of Investigation office, on no racial trouble in Memphis.

Focuses on the slavery-reparations movement in the United States, and the possible economic implications thereof. Purpose of the movement, to demand the U.S. government to compensate blacks for their ancestors being enslaved; Thoughts of Adjua Aiyetoro of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA); Possibility that the movement could materialize into real compensation.

Argues that African American religious leader Louis Farrakhan is a racist. Comparison of Farrakhan's October 1995 Million Man March to other social movements; Opinion that the greatest revitalization movement in African American history was the United Negro Improvement and Conservation Association; Failure of democratic liberalism to combat the economic despair and spiritual alienation being experienced by African Americans.

Investigates the reason behind the decision of African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia to support the Motivational Assembly led by the New Birth Church which was held at the Southwest DeKalb High School in 1997. Protests against the movement; Need to provide students with spiritual guidance; Problems caused by racial discrimination across the U.S.; Background of the religious group.

Highlights the benefits of the establishment of an African American community organization, Fight by Saul D. Alinsky of the Industrial Areas Foundation in Rochester, New York in efforts to encourage constructive protests by blacks against whites. Comparison with other poverty programs; Prevalence of demonstrations against police brutality; Characteristics of the negro community in the area citing the absence of a political leadership and lack of a civil rights movement; Indications of discrimination, social conditions and political activities of African Americans.

Focuses on Community Chorus movement demonstration. Importance of musical sense in European people; Achievement out of the Community Chorus movement; Report on some Negro spiritual folk songs; Information on American popular music; Need of teaching classical music; Assemblage of thousands of people for the purpose of singing the song "Silver Threads Among the Gold"; Need for general singing apart of chorus movement; Information on several music composers; Plans of several men and women to learn "People's Chorus"; Offers a look on M. Ernest Bloch, a musician; Doubts on success of the movement; Association of masters of music with concerts of old music; Comments on the functioning of the art of music.

Focuses on the failure of D.C. Stephenson, Ku Klux Klan ruler, known as the Old Man, to get either a pardon or a new trial after being convicted of second-degree murder in Indiana. Objections raised by newspapers editors to the move toward freedom for Stephenson by his political friends; Impact of the association of Stephenson with Ku Klux Klan on the conviction; Role of him in spreading the Ku Klux Klan ideology in the state's churches where Jews, Catholics and African Americans were fewest; Assessment of the role of Stephenson in the primary election of the state.

Focuses on the meeting commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Role of Marion Barry in the formation of SNCC; Assessment of the role of SNCC in the civil rights movements for African Americans; Indifference shown by the African Americans to the protests in opposition to globalization; Comments made by Reverend James Lawson, a Methodist minister who served as spiritual mentor to many of the SNCC activists, regarding racism in the U.S.

Provides information about black schools in the U.S. Growth in the number of black educational institutions in the country; Importance of black colleges; Role of black colleges in meeting their responsibilities; Suggestion that the federal government and public school systems should employ more black professionals; Discussion of experimental programs which are being introduced in black institutions.

Presents information on voting rights of the African Americans. View that the voting rights bill is a fair attempt to let Southern African Americans participate in the democratic process; Opinion that the existence of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) is unsettling to conservative civil rights groups; Role of MFDP in encouraging rural Mississippians to participate in the civil rights movement.

Presents information on Dick Gregory, an Afro-American comedian in the U.S. Information on a speech delivered by Gregory at a Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Opinion of Gregory on racism and civil rights movement in the area; Information on the arrest and conviction of Gregory for demonstrating against city authorities; Discussion about the court trial of Gregory.

Focuses on efforts of Marcus Garvey, a black from Jamaica, for social and political upliftment of Blacks. Movement led by Garvey among the Jamaican Blacks to make them race conscious, and to free them from the cultural leadership of the Mulattoes; Urge of Garvey to Blacks to return to Africa and thereby organize Negro industry and business on a large scale; Launch of Negro Factories Corp. by Garvey; Indictment of Garvey on the charge of selling stock in the line after the corporation went bankrupt; Role of Garvey as caricaturist of the White race; Glimpses of Corinthian style in the rhetoric of Garvey.