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American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 1, Awakenings (1954–1956)
directed by Judith Vecchione; produced by Judith Vecchione, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 56 mins
Individual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
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directed by Judith Vecchione; produced by Judith Vecchione, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 56 mins
Description
Individual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Judith Vecchione, Blackside (Production company), Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Author / Creator
Judith Vecchione
Date Published / Released
1986
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience: Eyes on the Prize
Speaker / Narrator
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Person Discussed
Rosa Parks, 1913-2005, Emmett Till, 1941-1955
Topic / Theme
Civil rights, Social activism and activists, Emmett Till, Killed, Greenwood, MS, August 28, 1955, Rosa Parks Arrested, Montgomery, AL, December 1, 1955, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, AL, December 1955, Political and Social Movements, Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 2, Fighting Back (1957–1962)
directed by Judith Vecchione; produced by Judith Vecchione, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 56 mins
States' rights loyalists and federal authorities collide in the 1957 battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High School, and again in James Meredith's 1962 challenge to segregation at the University of Mississippi. Both times, a Southern governor squares off with a U.S. president, violence erupts — and integr...
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directed by Judith Vecchione; produced by Judith Vecchione, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 56 mins
Description
States' rights loyalists and federal authorities collide in the 1957 battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High School, and again in James Meredith's 1962 challenge to segregation at the University of Mississippi. Both times, a Southern governor squares off with a U.S. president, violence erupts — and integration is carried out.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Judith Vecchione, Blackside (Production company), Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Author / Creator
Judith Vecchione
Date Published / Released
1986
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience: Eyes on the Prize
Speaker / Narrator
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Person Discussed
James Howard Meredith, 1933-
Topic / Theme
Civil rights, Social activism and activists, University of Mississippi Riot, September 30, 1962, Desegregation of Schools, Little Rock, AR, September 2-September 25, 1957, Political and Social Movements, The Sixties (1960–1974), Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 3, Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960–1961)
directed by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-; produced by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 56 mins
Black college students take a leadership role in the civil rights movement as lunch counter sit-ins spread across the South. "Freedom Riders" also try to desegregate interstate buses, but they are brutally attacked as they travel.
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directed by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-; produced by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 56 mins
Description
Black college students take a leadership role in the civil rights movement as lunch counter sit-ins spread across the South. "Freedom Riders" also try to desegregate interstate buses, but they are brutally attacked as they travel.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, Blackside (Production company), Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Author / Creator
Orlando Bagwell, 1951-
Date Published / Released
1986
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience: Eyes on the Prize
Speaker / Narrator
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Topic / Theme
Civil rights, Social activism and activists, Freedom Rides, U.S. South, 1961, Nashville Lunch-Counter Desegregation Sit-ins, February-April 1960, Lunch Counter Sit-ins, U.S. South, 1960, Political and Social Movements, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 4, No Easy Walk (1961–1963)
directed by Callie Crossley, 1951- and James A. DeVinney, 1942-; produced by Callie Crossley, 1951- and James A. DeVinney, 1942-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 55 mins
The civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as its most visible leader. Some demonstrations succeed
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directed by Callie Crossley, 1951- and James A. DeVinney, 1942-; produced by Callie Crossley, 1951- and James A. DeVinney, 1942-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 55 mins
Description
The civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as its most visible leader. Some demonstrations succeed
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Callie Crossley, 1951-, James A. DeVinney, 1942-, Blackside (Production company), Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Author / Creator
Callie Crossley, 1951-, James A. DeVinney, 1942-
Date Published / Released
1986
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience: Eyes on the Prize
Speaker / Narrator
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Person Discussed
Theophilus Eugene Connor, 1897-1973, Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968
Topic / Theme
Civil rights, Social activism and activists, Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963, Albany Movement to desegregate Albany, GA, 1961-1962, Bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL, September 15, 1963, Political and Social Movements, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 5, Mississippi: Is This America? (1962–1964)
directed by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-; produced by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 5 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 56 mins
Mississippi's grass-roots civil rights movement becomes an American concern when college students travel south to help register black voters and three activists are murdered. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenges the regular Mississippi delegation at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.
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directed by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-; produced by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 5 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 56 mins
Description
Mississippi's grass-roots civil rights movement becomes an American concern when college students travel south to help register black voters and three activists are murdered. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenges the regular Mississippi delegation at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, Blackside (Production company), Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Author / Creator
Orlando Bagwell, 1951-
Date Published / Released
1986
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience: Eyes on the Prize
Speaker / Narrator
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Person Discussed
Andrew Goodman, 1943-1964, Michael Schwerner, 1939-1964, James Chaney, 1943-1964
Topic / Theme
Civil rights, Social activism and activists, Freedom Summer, Mississippi, 1964, Civil Rights Workers Killed, Neshoba County, MS, June 21, 1964, Political and Social Movements, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
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American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 6, Bridge to Freedom (1965)
directed by Callie Crossley, 1951- and James A. DeVinney, 1942-; produced by James A. DeVinney, 1942- and Callie Crossley, 1951-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 6 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 56 mins
A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. A major victory is won when the federal Voting Rights Bill passes, but civil rights leaders know they have new challenges ahead.
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directed by Callie Crossley, 1951- and James A. DeVinney, 1942-; produced by James A. DeVinney, 1942- and Callie Crossley, 1951-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 1, Episode 6 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1986), 56 mins
Description
A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. A major victory is won when the federal Voting Rights Bill passes, but civil rights leaders know they have new challenges ahead.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James A. DeVinney, 1942-, Callie Crossley, 1951-, Blackside (Production company), Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Author / Creator
Callie Crossley, 1951-, James A. DeVinney, 1942-
Date Published / Released
1986
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience: Eyes on the Prize
Speaker / Narrator
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Topic / Theme
Civil rights, Voting Rights Act Passed, U.S., 1965, March from Selma, AL, March 1965, Political and Social Movements, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1987 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 1, The Time Has Come (1964–66)
directed by Madison Davis Lacy, fl. 1985 and James A. DeVinney, 1942-; produced by Madison Davis Lacy, fl. 1985 and James A. DeVinney, 1942-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 58 mins
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the civil rights movement: the insistent call for power. Malcolm X takes an eloquent nationalism to urban streets as a younger generation of black leaders listens. In the South, Stokely Carmichael and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)...
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directed by Madison Davis Lacy, fl. 1985 and James A. DeVinney, 1942-; produced by Madison Davis Lacy, fl. 1985 and James A. DeVinney, 1942-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 58 mins
Description
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the civil rights movement: the insistent call for power. Malcolm X takes an eloquent nationalism to urban streets as a younger generation of black leaders listens. In the South, Stokely Carmichael and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) move from "Freedom Now!" to "Black Power!" as the fabric of the traditional movement changes.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Madison Davis Lacy, fl. 1985, James A. DeVinney, 1942-, Blackside (Production company), Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Author / Creator
Madison Davis Lacy, fl. 1985, James A. DeVinney, 1942-
Date Published / Released
1990, 2006
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience: Eyes on the Prize
Speaker / Narrator
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Person Discussed
Stokely Carmichael, 1941-1998, Malcolm X, 1925-1965
Topic / Theme
Social movements, Civil rights, Political and Social Movements, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1990 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 2, Two Societies (1965–68)
directed by Sam Pollard, fl. 1989 and Sheila Curran Bernard, fl. 1990; produced by Sheila Curran Bernard, fl. 1990 and Sam Pollard, fl. 1989, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 58 mins
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. Their efforts pit them against Chicago's powerful mayor, Richard Daley. When a series of marches through all-white neighborhoods...
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directed by Sam Pollard, fl. 1989 and Sheila Curran Bernard, fl. 1990; produced by Sheila Curran Bernard, fl. 1990 and Sam Pollard, fl. 1989, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 58 mins
Description
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. Their efforts pit them against Chicago's powerful mayor, Richard Daley. When a series of marches through all-white neighborhoods draws violence, King and Daley negotiate with mixed results. In Detroit, a police raid in a black neighborhood sparks an urban uprisin...
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. Their efforts pit them against Chicago's powerful mayor, Richard Daley. When a series of marches through all-white neighborhoods draws violence, King and Daley negotiate with mixed results. In Detroit, a police raid in a black neighborhood sparks an urban uprising that lasts five days, leaving 43 people dead. The Kerner Commission finds that America is becoming "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal." President Lyndon Johnson, who appointed the commission, ignores the report.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sheila Curran Bernard, fl. 1990, Sam Pollard, fl. 1989, Blackside (Production company), Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Author / Creator
Sam Pollard, fl. 1989, Sheila Curran Bernard, fl. 1990
Date Published / Released
1990, 2006
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience: Eyes on the Prize
Speaker / Narrator
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Person Discussed
Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968
Topic / Theme
Social movements, Civil rights, Race Riot, Detroit, MI, July 23-27, 1967, Political and Social Movements, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1990 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 3, Power! (1966–68)
directed by Terry Kay Rockefeller, fl. 1981 and Louis Massiah, 1955-; produced by Louis Massiah, 1955- and Terry Kay Rockefeller, fl. 1981, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 58 mins
The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins election as the first black mayor of a major American city. The Black Panther Party, armed with law books, breakfast programs, and guns, is born in Oakland. Substandard teaching practices prompt parents...
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directed by Terry Kay Rockefeller, fl. 1981 and Louis Massiah, 1955-; produced by Louis Massiah, 1955- and Terry Kay Rockefeller, fl. 1981, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 58 mins
Description
The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins election as the first black mayor of a major American city. The Black Panther Party, armed with law books, breakfast programs, and guns, is born in Oakland. Substandard teaching practices prompt parents to gain educational control of a Brooklyn school district but then lead them to a showdown with New York City's teachers' union.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Louis Massiah, 1955-, Terry Kay Rockefeller, fl. 1981, Blackside (Production company), Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Author / Creator
Terry Kay Rockefeller, fl. 1981, Louis Massiah, 1955-
Date Published / Released
1990, 2006
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience: Eyes on the Prize
Speaker / Narrator
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Person Discussed
Carl Stokes, 1927-1996
Topic / Theme
Social movements, Civil rights, Political and Social Movements, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1990 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 4, The Promised Land (1967–68)
directed by Paul Jeffrey Stekler, 1953- and Jackie Shearer, 1946-1993; produced by Jackie Shearer, 1946-1993 and Paul Jeffrey Stekler, 1953-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 58 mins
Martin Luther King stakes out new ground for himself and the rapidly fragmenting civil rights movement. One year before his death, he publicly opposes the war in Vietnam. His Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) embarks on an ambitious Poor People's Campaign. In the midst of political organizing, King d...
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directed by Paul Jeffrey Stekler, 1953- and Jackie Shearer, 1946-1993; produced by Jackie Shearer, 1946-1993 and Paul Jeffrey Stekler, 1953-, Blackside (Production company), in American Experience: Eyes on the Prize, Season 2, Episode 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 58 mins
Description
Martin Luther King stakes out new ground for himself and the rapidly fragmenting civil rights movement. One year before his death, he publicly opposes the war in Vietnam. His Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) embarks on an ambitious Poor People's Campaign. In the midst of political organizing, King detours to support striking sanitation workers in Memphis, where he is assassinated. King's death and the failure of his final campaign...
Martin Luther King stakes out new ground for himself and the rapidly fragmenting civil rights movement. One year before his death, he publicly opposes the war in Vietnam. His Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) embarks on an ambitious Poor People's Campaign. In the midst of political organizing, King detours to support striking sanitation workers in Memphis, where he is assassinated. King's death and the failure of his final campaign mark the end of a major stream of the movement.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jackie Shearer, 1946-1993, Paul Jeffrey Stekler, 1953-, Blackside (Production company), Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Author / Creator
Paul Jeffrey Stekler, 1953-, Jackie Shearer, 1946-1993
Date Published / Released
1990, 2006
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience: Eyes on the Prize
Speaker / Narrator
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Person Discussed
Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968
Topic / Theme
Civil rights, Social activism and activists, Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., Assassination, Memphis, TN, April 4, 1968, Political and Social Movements, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
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