The war that divided a nation. Watch as History recounts one of the bloodiest era in American history through the eyes of the people who lived during it.

"Celebrated intellectual and activist Cornel West offers an unflinching look at nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies. In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary African American leaders: Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida Wells-Barnett....

"Setting the record straight reintroduces this generation to the forgotten heroes and untold stories from our rich African American political history"--Container