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Eyes on the Prize
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Awakenings: 1954-1956

  • Episode aired Jan 21, 1987
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 57m
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Eyes on the Prize (1987)
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The beginnings of the U.S. Civil rights struggle is profiled, including the Emmett Till murder trial and the Rosa Parks arrest/Montgomery bus boycott.The beginnings of the U.S. Civil rights struggle is profiled, including the Emmett Till murder trial and the Rosa Parks arrest/Montgomery bus boycott.The beginnings of the U.S. Civil rights struggle is profiled, including the Emmett Till murder trial and the Rosa Parks arrest/Montgomery bus boycott.
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    • Director
      • Judith Vecchione
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      • Steve Fayer
    • Stars
      • Ralph Abernathy
      • Joe Azbell
      • Frances Belser
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      • Judith Vecchione
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      • Ralph Abernathy
      • Joe Azbell
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    Ralph Abernathy
    Ralph Abernathy
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    Joe Azbell
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    Frances Belser
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    Unita Blackwell
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    Julian Bond
    Julian Bond
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    Roy Bryant
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    Charles C. Diggs Jr.
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    James Eastland
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    Sam Engelhardt
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    Georgia Gilmore
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    Ernest Green
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    Fannie Lou Hamer
    Fannie Lou Hamer
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    James Hicks
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    William Bradford Huie
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    Curtis Jones
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    Donie Jones
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      Edited into American Experience: Eyes on the Prize: Parts 1 & 2 - Awakenings/Fighting Back (2006)

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    The first episode of a very, very good mini-series.
    "Eyes on the Prize" is an exceptional series--mostly because instead of the typical hour or half hour documentary, it's VERY thorough and very detailed---covering not just an event but the civil rights movement from 1954 through 1965--and a LOT happened during that time. This isn't surprising, as PBS has made tons of interesting and well-crafted documentaries over the years.

    This first episode gives a very brief overview of the pervasiveness of lynchings and other mistreatment of Blacks in America. Then, most of the episode centers on two important events in the mid-1950s--the Emmett Till murder trial and the incident when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus--thus leading to the Montgomery bus boycott and the beginning of Martin Luther King's career as a civil rights leader. My only complaint, and it's a minor one, is that life for Blacks in America prior to the 50s is really not mentioned very much--and it seemed like they went through this a bit too quickly. Still, it was an otherwise excellent show--and well worth seeing.
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