Eyes on the prize. Vol. 3, Mississippi : is this America? (1962-1964). Bridge to freedom (1965) : America's civil rights movement / Blackside ; [creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton].

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Title:

ISBN:

9780793692620

9780793692576

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:

Mississippi : is this America? (1962-1964) : Focuses on the right to vote. Tells how the black citizens who had been denied the right to vote stepped forward and demanded a place in the political process. Medgar Evers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and others, died trying to help them. Shows the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge the 1964 Democratic Party Convention.

Bridge to freedom (1965) : When civil rights protesters marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama were assaulted by police, national outrage over the brutality led to President Johnson providing the protection of federal troops, and ultimately to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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