Eyes on the Prize

Back to the Movement (1979-mid '80s) | Promo

Power and powerlessness. Miami's black community -- pummeled by urban renewal, a lack of jobs, and police harassment -- explodes in rioting. But in Chicago, an unprecedented grassroots movement triumphs. Frustrated by decades of unfulfilled promises made by the city's Democratic political machine, reformers install Harold Washington as Chicago's first Black mayor.

Back to the Movement (1979-mid '80s) | Promo

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  • Bridge to Freedom (1965): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bridge to Freedom (1965)

    S1 E6 - 56m 15s

    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.

  • Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964)

    S1 E5 - 56m 15s

    Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern when college students travel south to help register black voters and three of them are murdered. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenges the regular Mississippi delegation at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.

  • No Easy Walk (1961-1963): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    No Easy Walk (1961-1963)

    S1 E4 - 56m 15s

    The Civil Rights Movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as its most visible leader. Some demonstrations succeed; others fail. But the triumphant March on Washington, D.C., under King’s leadership shows mounting national support for civil rights. President John F. Kennedy proposes the Civil Rights Act.

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