| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Documentary, Features Callie Crossley James A. DeVinney For episode "America's Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom, 1965". |
| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Nominated | Eddie |
Best Edited Documentary Charles Scott Jeanne Jordan Ann Bartholomew Dan Eisenberg |
| International Documentary Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1987 | Won | IDA Award |
Henry Hampton
|
| News & Documentary Emmy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writers Sheila Curran Bernard Samuel D. Pollard (PBS). For episode "Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More". |
| Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing - Informational/News Lillian Benson (unknown). |
|
| 1988 | Won | Emmy |
Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming - Writers Steve Fayer (PBS). For episode "Mississippi: Is This America?: 1962-1964". |
| Organization of American Historians | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Erik Barnouw Award |
Henry Hampton
|
| Ottawa International Animation Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1988 | Won | OIAF Award |
Best Promotional Material Under 5 Minutes John Hays |
| Peabody Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Peabody Award |
(Blackside, Inc. [us]). |
| 1988 | Won | Peabody Award |
(Blackside, Inc. [us]). |
| Television Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1987 | Won | TCA Award |
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information |
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Program of the Year |
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