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Eyes on the Prize II; Back to the Movement
08/02/2006
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- Series
- Eyes on the Prize II
- Program
- Back to the Movement
- Program Number
208
- Series Description
DOCUMENTS THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW FROM THE MID 1960'S TO THE MID 1980'S. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SERIES EXPLORES AND ANALYZES THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. Series release date: 1990
- Program Description
Broadcast in 1990 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.
- Duration
00:57:31
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Social Issues
- History
- Citation
- Chicago: “Eyes on the Prize II; Back to the Movement,” 08/02/2006, WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed July 21, 2018, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8434A49EC3184843B4CABCE1B5D2096F.
- MLA: “Eyes on the Prize II; Back to the Movement.” 08/02/2006. WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. July 21, 2018. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8434A49EC3184843B4CABCE1B5D2096F>.
- APA: Eyes on the Prize II; Back to the Movement. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8434A49EC3184843B4CABCE1B5D2096F