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4 de abr. de 2021 · The landmark series Eyes on the Prize, produced by Blackside and first broadcast in 1987, is a special presentation of the award-winning PBS history series, American Experience.
- Groups During The American Civil Rights Movement
During World War II, many African Americans served their...
- Politics and The March on Washington
At the age of 23, civil rights leader John Lewis helped...
- Taking The Struggle to The North
Bernard LaFayette, a co-founder of SNCC, was involved in...
- Black Consciousness
Student and civil rights activist Robin Gregory was at the...
- The Movement's Tactics
Born in Trinidad in 1941, Stokely Carmichael came to New...
- Activists and the News Media
Daniel Schorr spent two decades covering the Cold War for...
- Groups During The American Civil Rights Movement
From Chicago's first black mayor to ringside with Muhammad Ali to the "Mountain Top" speech of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the eve of his assassination, the series documents the journey of ...
Nearly two decades after its 1990 premiere, the groundbreaking second season of Eyes on the Prize returns to PBS as a special presentation of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in February 2008 in honor of Black History Month. The series documents the journey of black Americans seeking justice, power and identity, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, and ...
Cassius Clay challenges America to accept him as Muhammad Ali, who refuses to fight in Vietnam. Students at the traditionally Black Howard University fight to bring the growing Black consciousness movement and their African heritage inside the walls of the institution.
This record is featured in “Eyes on the Prize Interviews.”. Interview with Floyd Patterson conducted for Eyes on the Prize II. Discussion centers on Muhammad Ali, his conversion to the Nation of Islam and name change, and his refusal to serve in Vietnam.
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement is an American television series and 14-part documentary about the 20th-century civil rights movement in the United States. The documentary originally aired on the PBS network, and it also aired in the United Kingdom on BBC2 .
All 183 interviews conducted for Eyes on the Prize II constitute a treasure trove of first-hand information about the civil rights movement that can be utilized by students, scholars, and media makers.
