An overview of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which defines and protects a citizen's rights within the legal system.

Examines the trials of the men accused of murdering three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964, including the Supreme Court decision to try to defendants in a federal rather than a state court and the final verdicts which marked the first time, in Mississippi, that a jury convicted white men for killing African Americans or civil rights workers.

Examines the people, events, and legal issues involved in the Supreme Court case that challenged a state's right to allow separate but equal railroad accomodations for different races.