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- The early lives of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X shaped the iconic figures. Malcolm's release from prison and King's university graduation start their journeys to change the nation, beginning a rivalry.
- Malcolm first encounters the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, head of the Nation of Islam, who mentors Malcolm and recognizes his potential within the organization. However, an old romance and family obligations test Malcolm's commitment.
- Malcolm X makes provisions for family, contacts siblings, and criticizes the Nation of Islam's path. His assassination moves Martin Luther King Jr. to publicly oppose the Vietnam War. Memphis mourns a tragedy.
- Malcolm builds a space for Muslims in Harlem, meeting new member Betty Saunders. As romance develops Malcolm confronts police gaining notoriety. Meanwhile Montgomery bus boycott intensifies, causing safety concerns for Martin and family.
- After surviving an attempt on his life, Martin Luther King Jr. struggles with fear while leading the civil rights movement. Malcolm X promotes the Nation of Islam through a documentary, but faces repercussions.
- Martin King jailed unjustly. Coretta calls on inner strength, pushes forward. Opportunity arises to help Martin, Coretta seizes it despite Daddy King's disapproval.
- Malcolm exits the Nation of Islam after painful betrayals and continuing deceits. His public dissent strains relations. Passing of Civil Rights Act lifts Martin's spirit before encounter with Malcolm.
- Martin attempts the March on Washington to force the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Finding the right words to unite the country proves difficult. When the Nation nearly suspends Malcolm, he re-evaluates his relationship with Elijah.
- The story of Albert Einstein, seen through glimpses of his twilight years and flashbacks to his time as a student in Munich and Zürich in the 1890s.
- After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric.
- Einstein tries to balance his personal responsibilities and inner calling with the practicalities of finding work.
- Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a family with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
- Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
- Einstein moves his family for work, and to be closer to his new love, Elsa. He sets out to prove his theory as his marriage reaches a breaking point.
- In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein's closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
- Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
- Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
- After the atomic bomb is dropped and World War II draws to a close, Einstein assumes the role of world citizen in his twilight years.
- Pablo Picasso confronts the threat of fascism in Spain, and Young Pablo rejects traditional painting to search for his own voice.
- In the season finale, Pablo finds companionship with a new woman. In near seclusion, Pablo obsesses over creating the perfect painting. Gilot struggles to escape Picasso's shadow even after remarrying and moving to the US.
- Picasso's relationship with Dora Maar is strained by war. Young Pablo succeeds by imitating the masters, but struggles to be original.
- Picasso meets his great love Francoise Gilot. Young Pablo begins his Blue Period after the suicide of his friend.
- As older Picasso juggles two love affairs, Young Pablo strives to create a masterpiece that will signal his arrival as a great artist.
- Picasso tries to convince Francoise to move in with him, while Young Pablo is challenged by the radical genius of Matisse.
- Picasso takes Franoise Gilot on vacation. Young Pablo starts cubism with Georges Braque, but is accused of stealing the Mona Lisa.
- Picasso joins the Communist Party but struggles to align his artwork with his own political beliefs. Affected by a failed love from his past, Picasso falters in his responsibilities to Francoise.
- Young Pablo designs a ballet and meets his first wife, Olga. Older Picasso struggles with the needs of his family and his desire to remain artistically relevant.
- Gilot defies Picasso and pursues her own goals. Younger Picasso finds respite from his strained marriage with Olga.
- Aretha Louise Franklin's relationship with her preacher father C.L. Franklin from a young girl through to adulthood, her marriage to her agent/husband Ted White, as well as her introduction to music producer Jerry Wexler are portrayed.
- Aretha politely tells her father she doesn't need financial support, nor to sing at his engagements. Ted White and her father both try to usurp control over her which leaves Aretha with difficult but necessary choices she needs to make.
- Aretha juggles her music career and her commitment to the civil rights movement; Little Re leaves behind her newborn child to return to the Gospel Circuit in 1955, meeting with music legends James Cleveland and Little Sammie Bryant.
- Aretha is featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1968, but she's devastated when the article focuses on the scandalous details of her personal life; Barbara Franklin and Young C.L. Franklin struggle to establish themselves in Memphis.
- Aretha Franklin records her protest album "Young, Gifted and Black," while Little Re loses her mother.
- Aretha records her album "Amazing Grace" in an older James Cleveland's church; while Little Re discovers that she's pregnant with her second child.
- Aretha steals an opportunity from her sister Carolyn; she receives a Grammy nomination but is ultimately snubbed from winning the award; she meets with Arista founder Clive Davis; Jerry Wexler leaves Atlantic Records.
- Despite significant emotional losses, Aretha pushes herself artistically and triumphs; she begins a career at Arista with the help of Clive Davis, and in a Grammy performance in 1998, she solidifies her eternal reign as the Queen of Soul.