Episode
Quantum Leap: The Color of Truth
Overview
August 8, 1955: Sam experiences racism firsthand when he leaps into the body of an elderly black man in the pre-civil rights South of 1955.
Details
- Series
- Quantum Leap
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1989-05-03
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
The Color of Truth is Episode 6 in Season 1 of Quantum Leap. It aired on 1989-05-03. The runtime is 47 min.
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