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Eyes on the Prize II; Back to the Movement

08/02/2006

Packaged Home Video/AV Master. Repackaged for American Experience 2006 Offer.

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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 October 19, 2017, 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. October 19, 2017. <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