Eyes on the prize. Vol. 2, Ain't scared of your jails (1960-1961). No easy walk (1961-1963) : America's civil rights movement / Blackside ; [creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton].

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Title:

ISBN:

9780793692620

9780793692569

Edition:

Full screen.

Publication Information:

[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, [2006]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Originally produced as a special presentation of American Experience television program in 1986.

Special features: Interview with Henry Hampton, Profiles; Primary source and graphs; Downloadable study guide.

DVD; stereo.

Summary:

Ain't scared of your jails (1960-1961) : Covers lunch counter sit-ins and their impact on the Kennedy and Nixon presidential race of 1960, the formation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, and the freedom rides of 1961.

No easy walk (1961-1963) : Visits the cities where the tactics of nonviolent protest met both success and failure. Also covers the high point of those emotional times, the 1963 March on Washington, and the violence that followed.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History 20th century

African Americans -- Suffrage -- History 20th century.

Segregation--United States -- History.

African Americans -- History 20th century.

Civil rights demonstrations--United States -- History 20th century.

Civil rights--United States

Black people--United States -- Civil rights -- History 20th century

Black people--United States -- Suffrage -- History 20th century

Black people--United States -- History 20th century