Eyes on the Prize

Adv Contemporary....I have put the links to the Eyes on the Prize series on YouTube under video links. Check out the episode guide to determine which episode deals the best with your topic...I highly recommend that you watch at least that episode!

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1 – "Awakenings" (1954–1956) Murder of Emmett Till Montgomery Bus Boycott 2 – "Fighting Back" (1957–1962) Central High School and the Little Rock Nine James Meredith and the University of Mississippi 3 – "Ain't Scared of Your Jails" (1960–1961) Nashville sit-ins and boycotts Freedom Riders 4 – "No Easy Walk" (1961–1963) Martin Luther King, Jr. and . . . Albany, Georgia Birmingham, Alabama The March on Washington 5 – "Mississippi: Is This America?" (1962–1964) Medgar Evers Murder of Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 6 – "Bridge to Freedom" (1965) Voting rights movement in Selma, Alabama

Eyes on the Prize: America at the Crossroads 1 – "The Time Has Come" (1964–1966) Malcolm X Lowndes County Freedom Organization The March Against Fear 2 – "Two Societies" (1965–1968) Martin Luther King and Chicago Detroit Riot of 1967 3 – "Power!" (1967–1968) Election of Carl Stokes as Cleveland mayor Birth of the Black Panther Party Community control of the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district in Brooklyn 4 – "The Promised Land" (1967–1968) The final years of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Poor People's Campaign and Resurrection City 5 – "Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More" (1964–1972) Muhammad Ali The movement at Howard University National Black Political Convention 6 – "A Nation of Law?" (1968–1971) Fred Hampton and the Black Panther Party in Chicago Attica Prison rebellion 7 – "The Keys to the Kingdom" (1974–1980) Busing and the Boston public school system Maynard Jackson and the city of Atlanta Allan Bakke and affirmative action 8 – "Back to the Movement" (1979–1983) Miami Riot of 1980 and preceding events Election of Harold Washington as Chicago mayor and preceding events Overview of the movement and its effect upon the nation and the world