When We Rise - Season 1 - Eps 4: Part IV
An energized Cleve inspires a group of young activists to organize a march on Washington to demand full LGBTQ civil rights, while Roma uses her skills to reform healthcare in San Francisco. Elsewhere, a group forms to try overturning California's discriminatory proposition banning gay marriage.
About When We Rise
Title: When We Rise
First Air Date: 2017-02-27
Last Air Date: 2017-03-03
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.3/10 (from 44 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 4
Network: ABC
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: ABC Studios
Synopsis
The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable successes of today. The period piece tells the history of the gay rights movement, starting with the Stonewall Riots in 1969.
Cast
Austin P. McKenzie
Young Cleve Jones
Emily Skeggs
Young Roma Guy
Jonathan Majors
Young Ken Jones
Fiona Dourif
Young Diane Jones
Rachel Griffiths
Diane Jones
Mary-Louise Parker
Roma Guy
Guy Pearce
Cleve Jones
Michael Kenneth Williams
Ken Jones
Ivory Aquino
Cecilia Chung
Debra Winger
Elena Kagan