Eyes on the prize : America at the racial crossroads.
- Title
- Eyes on the prize : America at the racial crossroads. Two societies, 1965-1968 / a production of Blackside ; WGBH Boston presents ; produced, directed, and written by Sheila Bernard, Sam Polland.
- Published by
- United States : PBS, 1990.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette of 1 (U-matic) (58 min.) : sd., col. and b&w.; 3/4 in.
- Summary
- This program explores the civil rights movement's first attempt at organizing in the north, as Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference go to Chicago. Their strategies come up against the powerful political machinery of Mayor Richard Daley. Also looks at the 1967 uprising in Detroit as blacks and the police clash on city streets.
- Alternative title
- Two societies, 1965-1968.
- Subject
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Riots -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Detroit (Mich.) -- History
- United States -- Race relations -- History
- Genre/Form
- Black films and programs.
- Documentaries and factual films and video.
- Call number
- Sc Visual VRA-851
- Note
- This program forms part of the Communications Excellence to Black Audiences (CEBA) Award collection, a competition sponsored by the World Institute of Black Communications, inc.
- Credits (note)
- Associate producer, Judy Richardson ; editor, Betty Ciccarelli ; executive producer, Henry Hampton.
- Terms of use (note)
- Copyright on item : Blackside Incorporated ; 1990.
- Title
- Eyes on the prize : America at the racial crossroads. Two societies, 1965-1968 / a production of Blackside ; WGBH Boston presents ; produced, directed, and written by Sheila Bernard, Sam Polland.
- Imprint
- United States : PBS, 1990.
- Country of producing entity
- United States.
- Performer
- Julian Bond.
- Credits
- Associate producer, Judy Richardson ; editor, Betty Ciccarelli ; executive producer, Henry Hampton.
- Terms of use
- Copyright on item : Blackside Incorporated ; 1990.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Bond, Julian, 1940-
- Bernard, Sheila C.
- Polland, Sam.
- Hampton, Henry.
- Blackside, Inc.
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
- World Institute of Black Communications.
- CEBA Collection.
- Added title
- Two societies, 1965-1968.
- Research call number
- Sc Visual VRA-851 VHS
- Sc Visual VRB-1623 U-matic