“Have Black Americans had a fair shot at the American dream?” acclaimed journalist Bob Herbert asks. The question is answered in this documentary that probes the harsh and often brutal discrimination that has made it extremely difficult for African-Americans to establish a middle-class standard of living.

With a compelling narrative, dramatic historical footage and a series of deeply personal interviews, Herbert explores why this disturbing and often tragic state of affairs exists a century and a half after slavery and a half-century after the heyday of the Civil Rights Movement.