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Eyes on the prize (Television program). 1987-01-21, Awakenings, 1954-1956

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  • "" ... is the first comprehensive history of the people, the stories, the events, and the issues of the 20th century struggle for justice in America."--1987 Peabody Awards entry form excerpt. This first episode uses archival footage, photographs, and interviews to looks at the history of segregation in the U.S., focusing on the South, and the impact of the 1954 Supreme Court decision against segregation in Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Highlighted is the Emmett Till murder case and Rosa Parks and the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes footage of excerpts of speeches of King, Mose Wright, Mamie Till Bradley, Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam, Roy Wilkins, H.C. Strider, Sam Engelhardt, Sen. James Eastland and Clyde Sellers."

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  • "Documentaries and factual films and video"
  • "Television"
  • "History"

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  • "Eyes on the prize (Television program). 1987-01-21, Awakenings, 1954-1956"
  • "Eyes on the prize. [1987-01-21] America's civil rights years. Awakenings, 1954-1956"