Name: Eyes on the Prize
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987-01-21
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 6

Overview

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 reverberation continue to be felt today.

Eyes on the Prize Collection

America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1965 (6 Episodes)
The first season of this Civil Rights documentary chronicles the time period between the United States Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 to the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965.
America at the Racial Crossroads 1965–1985 (8 Episodes)
The second season of this Civil Rights documentary chronicles the time period between the national emergence of Malcolm X during 1964 to the 1983 election of Harold Washington as the first African-American mayor of Chicago.
We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest (6 Episodes)
The third season of this Civil Rights documentary illuminates the bold stories of people and communities who continue to work for equity and racial justice in the years since the birth of the American civil rights movement.