I'll fly away. : the complete series

Authors:Joshua Brand, John Falsey, Ian Sander, John Forrest Niss, Regina Taylor, Sam Waterston, Roger Aaron Brown, Jeremy London, Falahey/Austin Street Productions, Lorimar Television, NBC Television Network, Lorimar Productions, Peabody Collection African-American History and Culture Programs, Peabody Collection Women's History and Culture Programs

Summary:"This series explores the interrelationships of a white family and their black housekeeper during a turbulent period of American history. Set in a small town during the 1950s, 'I'll Fly Away' depicts a southern community struggling through a period of intense change, and how that community copes with the changing relationships between the races as the American civil rights movement is born."--1991 Peabody Awards entry form. In the pilot episode, Lilly applies for and is hired for the vacant job of housekeeper of the Bedford household. She and the family have a difficult time getting use to each other. Forrest Bedford must prosecute a white man accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death of three blacks when the bus the man is driving crashes into the river. All of the family members begin to realize just how differently blacks are treated in the town. Lilly joins in with the town's other blacks in a silent protest of the not guilty verdict handed down by the all-white jury