The Peabody-nominated documentary American Reckoning investigates the unsolved 1967 murder of a local NAACP leader, Wharlest Jackson Sr., in Mississippi — and reveals a little-known history of Black armed resistance during the civil rights movement. Following the Jackson family’s search for answers, and allegations of the involvement of a Ku Klux Klan offshoot in Jackson’s murder, the documentary also illuminates America’s buried history through rarely-seen archival footage of the Black-led self defense group, the Deacons for Defense and Justice. Helmed by acclaimed directors Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein, American Reckoning is a component of FRONTLINE’s Emmy Award-winning multi-platform initiative, Un(re)solved, which examines a federal effort to grapple with America’s history of racist violence.