Eyes on the Prize

Eyes on the Prize81%

TV 1987-01-21 1h 0m Documentary
★ 7.0 / 10 · 5 votes
Ratings
Combined
81.2 %
4 sources
IMDb
9.1 /10
899 votes
Letterboxd
3.9 /5
305 votes
Trakt
71 %
16 votes
TMDB
70 %
5 votes

The definitive story of the Civil Rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberation continue to be felt today.

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Status
Ended
Runtime
1h 0m
Seasons
2
Episodes
14
Studio
Blackside
Network
PBS
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Links
IMDb, TVDB, Wikidata

Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

  • — Best Documentary Feature Film Nominated

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Created by
Henry Hampton
Cast
Julian Bond Julian Bond Self - Narrator (voice)
William Anderson William Anderson Self
America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1965 1987 · 6 eps
  1. 1 Awakenings, 1954-1956 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 … Jan 21, 1987 60m
  2. 2 Fighting Back, 1957-1962 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 segrega… Jan 28, 1987 60m
  3. 3 Ain't Scared of Your Jails, 1960-1961 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 bu… Feb 4, 1987 60m
  4. 4 No Easy Walk, 1962-1966 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; others fa… Feb 11, 1987 60m
  5. 5 Mississippi, Is This America, 1962-1964 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 … Feb 18, 1987 60m
  6. 6 Bridge to Freedom, 1965 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 ri… Feb 25, 1987 60m
America at the Racial Crossroads 1965–1985 1990 · 8 eps
  1. 1 The Time Has Come, 1964-1965 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… Jan 15, 1990 60m
  2. 2 Two Societies, 1965-1968 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 h… Jan 20, 1990 60m
  3. 3 Power! 1967-1968 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 Bl… Jan 29, 1990 60m
  4. 4 The Promised Land, 1967-1968 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 Sout… Feb 5, 1990 60m
  5. 5 Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More, 1964-1972 A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize black America. World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay challenges America to accept him as Muhammad Ali, a minister of Islam… Feb 12, 1990 60m
  6. 6 A Nation of Law?, 1967-1968 Black activism is increasingly met with a sometimes violent and unethical response from local and federal law enforcement agencies. In Chicago, two Black Panther Party leaders are… Feb 19, 1990 60m
  7. 7 The Keys to the Kingdom, 1974-1980 In the 1970s, antidiscrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the civil rights movement are put to the test. In Boston, some whites violently resist a federal court scho… Feb 26, 1990 60m
  8. 8 Back to the Movement, 1979-mid 1980s 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 grass… Mar 5, 1990 60m
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