google said it was never intended to be - [male narrator] coming up on reel south. - can i have a kiss[male narrator] a young transgender man finds love in rural north carolina, but finding a church that will accept him and his girlfriend. - i i really do worship the big man upstairs. - [male narrator] nonot so easy. - there's one way to come to god andnd only one way. - i i need to fifind a churcrh to w where i'm a accepted and d they know who i amam. i don't want to have to hidide who i am. - it's a gamble, it's a huge one. - [male narrator] next in deep run on reel south. - [female narrator] ] this progogram is made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by the following.

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. - [male narrator] coming up on reel south. - negro leadader today announced plans for crcreation of acack buil, black owned town to bebe calld soul citity in north carolina. - in this new town, persons will be able to control their own destinini. - [male narrator] floyd mckissick left harlem to create his vision of black power in the rural south. - floyd and i, all of us, we wanted to build a new town. that's a hell of a challenge. - - affordable houousing, healthcare, people were going to get jobs. wewe thought we had a very good plan in place. the question then was how would we execute any of it. - building is empowering. i want to be a part of building something new. that was the dream for me, to be a piece of this.

south this weekend. much of the east reeling from gusts up to 60 miles an hour. tonight, we're tracking another storm set to sweep across the country. thousands of flight s and delay. abc's gio b ianigh nds lashing the northeast, gusting up to 65 miles per hour. more than phad crashing into this home. >> me and my wife are okay. i count myself ver rorter: the sem blamed for this deadly pileup on interstate 41 in wisconsin sunday. more than 70 injured, one person did not survive. >> there's a tornado right here in front of us. >> reporter: that massive storm also spawning eight reported tornadoes saturday, including an ef-3 twister in mississippi that killed one and injured 11. our marcus moore is there. >> and this is what is left of a church sanctuary here in columbus, mississippi, where winds nearly 140 miles an hour knocked down the walls and tore the roof off. >> reporter: and outside nashville, this massive landslide shutting down part of interstate 24. and david, here at laguardia airport, a high wind advisory has been in place for much of the day. some pas

reel america bring your archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. sponsored by the student nonviolent coronary -- coordinating committee, this was a half-hour film used in voter registration campaign in the south. shot in rural mississippi, it includes interviews with black farmers and sharecroppers who described violence and intimidation they experience when attempting to register to vote. >> this picture is essentially for america. people who call themsees

reel america" bring your archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. sponsored by the student nonviolent coordinating committee, this was a half-hour film used in voter registration campaign in the south. shot in rural mississippi, it includes interviews with black farmers and sharecroppers who described violence and intimidation they experience when attempting to register to vote. leaders appear in the document or he. -- documentary. >> this picture is essentially for america. people who call themselves american. it begins with the painful assumption that we are not an island of perfection, but in fact a land of imperfections in an imperfect world. the negroes are trying to change the situation they exist in today, to bring about democracy in our land today. ♪ >> mississippi, 1963. for a moment in this hillside home, they are secluded from the white segregationists who carry guns and clubs. >> [indiscernible] two or three years. participated in everything that the county saw fit for a citizen to participate in. and also i really like my family here, and i have children, i really have two now going to school. i do think that every citizen in the county should participate in our electi

reel america --mahalia jackson --a. philip , roy wilkins, reverend king, received the keys to the city. this day has been coming a long time. operations have been going on for months all over the southies of north, just about all over the country. you might say this date has been 300 years in coming ever since the first black woman taught her child this is our country to. -- country too. ever since the first black man said to himself, i am going to be free, never stop working for freedom. never stop praying and hoping and fighting. ♪ [singing] ♪ >> the leaders are spreading the word around. they are explaining about the prayer print image. and putting folks -- prayer pilgrimage. inviting folks to come to washington. kilgore, directive of the grand pilgrimage. >> church leaders recognize that through the years, the church has been a citadel of hope. it has given birth to many movements come out to schools, hospitals and civil rights movements. the young knee grow church leaders and others today recognized their position of leadership in a time like this. robertson, new york labor leader. >> the forces of segregation, the forces that would deny are alsof civil rights the ones that are

reel america" bring your archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. sponsored by the student nonviolent coordinating committee, this was a half-hour film used in voter registration campaign in the south. shot in rural mississippi, it includes interviews with black farmers and sharecroppers who described violence and intimidation they experience