Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life.
EPISODE 1
Awakenings: 1954-1956
A look at the events in post-World War II America that led to the civil rights protests and marches. The program depicts Southern race discrimination that prevailed at the beginning of the civil rights movement's activities.
EPISODE 2
Fighting Back: 1957-1962
Looking at the law as a tool both for change and resistance to change, particularly as it relates to education, this episode covers the years 1949-1963.
EPISODE 3
Ain't Scared of Your Jails: 1960-1961
Beginning in 1960, young people on Black college campuses took a more active role in the civil rights movement's leadership and determined their own methods of promoting change.
EPISODE 4
No Easy Walk: 1961-1963
This episode depicts major civil rights movement events in three American cities.
EPISODE 5
Mississippi: Is This America?: 1963-1964
Starting in 1961, Mississippi became a testing ground of constitutional principles and of the human spirit, as the civil rights movement concentrated its energies on the right to vote.
EPISODE 6
Bridge to Freedom: 1965
Ten years after the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, the civil rights leadership has become more sophisticated in its use of protest strategy.
Julian Bond
