The Mink Slide

On February 25th, 1946 in Columbia, Tennessee, Black WWII Veterans avert the lynching of James 'June Bug' Stephenson, a Navy Vet, and his mother, Gladys. A gunfight and court battle would ensue. This confrontation would generate a chain of events that would lead all the way up to the steps of the White House. An uprising that would usher in the modern day Civil Rights Movement. Future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall puts his life on the line to defend those accused of attempted murder.