• 1987
  • TV-PG
  • 6h
Eyes on the Prize

Summary A documentary about the American Civil Rights Movement from 1952 to 1965. View more details

  • 1987
  • TV-PG
  • 6h

Eyes on the Prize

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Julian Bond Coretta Scott King John Lewis Andrew Young

All cast & crew

9.2

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jan 20, 1987

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Blackside

Summary A documentary about the American Civil Rights Movement from 1952 to 1965. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jan 20, 1987

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Blackside

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 20, 1987
Awakenings: 1954-1956
The beginnings of the U.S. Civil rights struggle is profiled, including the Emmett Till murder trial and the Rosa Parks arrest/Montgomery bus boycott.
Episode 2 • Jan 27, 1987
Fighting Back: 1957-1962
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown Vs the Board of Education decision, the civil rights movement presses the issue of desegregation in schools. From Little Rock High School and Eisenhower's utilization of the 101st Airborne to Ole Miss and Kennedy's lobbying efforts.
Episode 3 • Feb 03, 1987
Ain't Scared of Your Jails: 1960-1961
From PBS - Beginning in 1960, young people on Black college campuses took a more active role in the civil rights movement's leadership and determined their own methods of promoting change.
Episode 4 • Feb 10, 1987
No Easy Walk: 1961-1963
From PBS - This episode depicts major civil rights movement events in three American cities.
Episode 5 • Feb 17, 1987
Mississippi: Is This America?: 1962-1964
1964 sees the advent of Freedom Summer. Volunteers from across the country travel to the south to register Negro voters. Despite the disappearance of three volunteers in Mississippi who are later found dead, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party is formed after blacks are banned from the regular state Democratic. The summer ends with both democratic parties struggling to be recognized at the national convention in Atlantic City.
Episode 6 • Feb 24, 1987
Bridge to Freedom: 1965
From PBS - Ten years after the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, the civil rights leadership has become more sophisticated in its use of protest strategy.
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