Tuesday, 25 August 2009 20:08
Eyes on the Prize II
VHS, 55 min. each, 1989, Study guide available CC
Eight-part continuation of the powerful civil rights series that brought together millions of blacks and whites in an affirmation of the democratic process. Here is the most comprehensive reappraisal of the leaders and events that brought the civil rights movement from the south to the rest of the nation from 1965 through the 1980's.
1. The Time Has Come (1964-1966) - Explores the influence of Malcolm X and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in their call for "Black Power" and the 1966 Meredith March Against Fear in Mississippi.
2. Two Societies (1965-1968) - Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference travel to Chicago in an attempt to apply southern movement tactics to the urban north. In Detroit, frustration and anger build to urban violence as blacks and law officers clash on city streets and America appears to be a nation out of control.
3. Power! (1966-1968) - Blacks look for new ways to control their communities - the ballot box, the streets, and the schools. Among the events profiled: Carl Stokes becomes the first black mayor of Cleveland; in Oakland, young blacks form the Black Panther Party in an effort to quell continuing police harassment.
4. The Promised Land (1967-1968) - Moved by an increasing level of poverty, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his staff begin to organize a Poor People's Campaign in Washington, DC, in an effort to embarrass and motivate a reluctant federal government. In the midst of the campaign, Dr. King is called away to help black sanitation workers on strike in Memphis and is assassinated there on April 4, 1968.
5. Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-1972) - An awareness and sense of pride emerge through the struggle of World Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay to be called by his new Islamic name, Muhammad Ali. A new generation of African Americans begins to redefine itself.
6. A Nation of Law? (1968-1971) - In Chicago, Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are killed during an early morning raid by police; inmates at New York's Attica prison take over the prison in an effort to attract national attention to intolerable conditions. These events come to symbolize the violence of a hardened political regime.
7. The Keys to the Kingdom (1974-1980) - Examines the relationship between law and grassroots political struggle as it chronicles black efforts to inject substance into promises of equality. The movement's focus is on the keys to the kingdom: jobs and education.
8. Back to the Movement (1979-mid 1980's) - Conclusion of the series with an examination of the political and economic changes experienced concurrently by two cities in the north and south: Chicago and Miami. Includes retrospective of the people who made this movement a force for change in America. We listen as those who have worked for justice reflect on their continuing struggle.
Eight-part continuation of the powerful civil rights series that brought together millions of blacks and whites in an affirmation of the democratic process. Here is the most comprehensive reappraisal of the leaders and events that brought the civil rights movement from the south to the rest of the nation from 1965 through the 1980's.
1. The Time Has Come (1964-1966) - Explores the influence of Malcolm X and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in their call for "Black Power" and the 1966 Meredith March Against Fear in Mississippi.
2. Two Societies (1965-1968) - Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference travel to Chicago in an attempt to apply southern movement tactics to the urban north. In Detroit, frustration and anger build to urban violence as blacks and law officers clash on city streets and America appears to be a nation out of control.
3. Power! (1966-1968) - Blacks look for new ways to control their communities - the ballot box, the streets, and the schools. Among the events profiled: Carl Stokes becomes the first black mayor of Cleveland; in Oakland, young blacks form the Black Panther Party in an effort to quell continuing police harassment.
4. The Promised Land (1967-1968) - Moved by an increasing level of poverty, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his staff begin to organize a Poor People's Campaign in Washington, DC, in an effort to embarrass and motivate a reluctant federal government. In the midst of the campaign, Dr. King is called away to help black sanitation workers on strike in Memphis and is assassinated there on April 4, 1968.
5. Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-1972) - An awareness and sense of pride emerge through the struggle of World Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay to be called by his new Islamic name, Muhammad Ali. A new generation of African Americans begins to redefine itself.
6. A Nation of Law? (1968-1971) - In Chicago, Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are killed during an early morning raid by police; inmates at New York's Attica prison take over the prison in an effort to attract national attention to intolerable conditions. These events come to symbolize the violence of a hardened political regime.
7. The Keys to the Kingdom (1974-1980) - Examines the relationship between law and grassroots political struggle as it chronicles black efforts to inject substance into promises of equality. The movement's focus is on the keys to the kingdom: jobs and education.
8. Back to the Movement (1979-mid 1980's) - Conclusion of the series with an examination of the political and economic changes experienced concurrently by two cities in the north and south: Chicago and Miami. Includes retrospective of the people who made this movement a force for change in America. We listen as those who have worked for justice reflect on their continuing struggle.
Category:
African American Studies