Eyes on the Prize II (NEW!)

Curricular Area: Social Studies/History, Cultural Diversity

Grade Level: 10-12+

Program Web Site:
Online Video Available! Eyes on the Prize
Teacher Guide:

Record Rights: One year record and erase. No duplication allowed.

Series Length:
8 programs

Program Length:
60 minutes


Eyes on the Prize II: A Special Presentation of the American Experience 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, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today. Winner of numerous Emmy Awards, a George Foster Peabody Award, an International Documentary Award, and a Television Critics Association Award, Eyes on the Prize II is the most critically acclaimed documentary on civil rights in America.

101. The Time Has Come (1964-66)
The insistent call for power is heard in the civil rights movement, lead by Malcolm X and the SNCC.

102. Two Societies (1965-68)
Martin Luther King Jr. helps Chicago's civil rights leaders struggle against segregated housing.

103. Power! (1967-68)
The Black Panther Party is born in Oakland, while Carl Stokes becomes the mayor of Cleveland.

104. The Promised Land (1967-68)
Martin Luther King publicly opposes the war in Vietnam and the Poor People's Campaign begins.

105. Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-72)
The National Black Political Convention is organized. Muhammad Ali refuses to fight in Vietnam.

106. A Nation Of Law? (1968-71)
Black activism is increasingly met with a violent and unethical response from law enforcement.

107. The Keys To The Kingdom (1974-80)
In the 1970s, antidiscrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the civil rights movement are put to the test. In Boston, some whites violently resist a federal court school desegregation order. Atlanta's first black mayor, Maynard Jackson, proves that affirmative action can work, but the Bakke Supreme Court case challenges that policy.

108. Back To The Movement (1979-Mid-1980's)
Miami's black community explodes in rioting, while in Chicago, an unprecedented grassroots movement triumphs. The series ends with a look back at the people who made this movement a force for change in America.

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