Eyes on the Prize

Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964)

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.

Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964)

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.

Previews + Extras

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

    Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964) | Promo

    S1 E5 - 30s

    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.

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

    Mississippi-Is This America? (1963-1964) | Register to Vote

    S1 E5 - 42s

    Lawrence Guyot, founding chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, expresses frustration over the voter registration process for Black Americans in Mississippi. From Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964).

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

    Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964) | Freedom Summer

    S1 E5 - 1m 10s

    In 1964, activist Bob Moses announces Freedom Summer in Mississippi. The project would send volunteers, mostly white, to join Black residents in the state to assist with education, community activities like voter registration. From Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964).

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

    Mississippi-Is This America? (1963-1964) | A New Party

    S1 E5 - 52s

    Victoria Gray Adams, one of the founding members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, explains what the party's goals are - one being Black representation and recognition at the state and national level. From Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964).

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