Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years

6 Films on 3 DVDs

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A definitive and emotional story of the civil rights era that changed the fabric of American life.

Eyes on the Prize features exclusive interviews plus historical footage of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, the Little Rock school riots, the Montgomery Transit Boycott and much more. This award-winning six-hour, three-DVD documentary brilliantly illuminates the struggle for racial equality.

"Awakenings" (1954–1956)

  • Murder of Emmett Till
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

"Fighting Back" (1957–1962)

  • Central High School and the Little Rock Nine
  • James Meredith and the University of Mississippi

Ain't Scared of Your Jails" (1960–1961)

  • Nashville sit-ins and boycotts
  • Freedom Riders

"No Easy Walk" (1961–1963)

  • Albany, Georgia
  • Birmingham, Alabama
  • The March on Washington

"Mississippi: Is This America?" (1962–1964)

  • Medgar Evers
  • Murder of Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner
  • Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

"Bridge to Freedom" (1965)

  • Voting rights movement in Selma, Alabama