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Eyes on the prize. Vol. 1, Awakenings (1954-1956) ; Fighting back (1957-1962) : America's civil rights movement / Blackside ; [creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton].
LIBRA DVD 001 919
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- History.
- African Americans--Suffrage--History--20th century.
- Segregation--United States--History.
- Segregation.
- African Americans--History--20th century.
- Civil rights demonstrations--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights demonstrations.
- Civil rights--United States.
- Civil rights.
- African Americans--Suffrage.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Race relations.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Full screen.
- Other Title:
- Awakenings (1954-1956)
- Fighting back (1957-1962)
- Place of Publication:
- [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, [2006]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD; stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Awakenings (1954-1956) : Covers two events that helped to focus the nation's attention on the rights of black Americans: the 1955 lynching in Mississippi of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the 1955-56 Montgomery, Ala. boycott. Also shows southern race relations at mid-century and witnesses the awakening of individuals to their own courage and power.
- Fighting back (1957-1962) : Covers stories detailing the confrontation between state and federal governments over enforcement of the law of equality, which marked an escalation in the struggle for civil rights from which there was no turning back.
- Participant:
- Narrator: Julian Bond.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a special presentation of American Experience television program in 1986.
- Special features: Interview with Henry Hampton, Profiles; Primary source and graphs; Downloadable study guide.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0793692628
- 9780793692620
- 0793692555
- 9780793692552
- OCLC:
- 75385254
- Publisher Number:
- 841887007634 (set)
- 841887007566 (v.1)
- EYES700 PBS Video (set)
- EYES701 PBS Video (v.1)
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