Eyes on the Prize S01E04 · No Easy Walk, 1962-1966

Overview

The civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as its most visible leader. Some demonstrations succeed; others fail. But the triumphant March on Washington, D.C., under King's leadership, shows a mounting national support for civil rights. President John F. Kennedy proposes the Civil Rights Act.

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1. 1 1. Awakenings, 1954-19561987-01-21 · 1h 0mIndividual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses t
2. 2 2. Fighting Back, 1957-19621987-01-28 · 1h 0mStates' rights loyalists and federal authorities collide in the 1957 battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High School, and again in James Meredith's 1962 challenge to segregat
3. 3 3. Ain't Scared of Your Jails, 1960-19611987-02-04 · 1h 0mBlack college students take a leadership role in the civil rights movement as lunch counter sit-ins spread across the South. "Freedom Riders" also try to desegregate interstate bus
4. 4 4. No Easy Walk, 1962-19661987-02-11 · 1h 0mThe civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as its most visible leader. Some demonstrations succeed; others fai
5. 5 5. Mississippi, Is This America, 1962-19641987-02-18 · 1h 0mMississippi's grass-roots civil rights movement becomes an American concern when college students travel south to help register black voters and three activists are murdered. The M
6. 6 6. Bridge to Freedom, 19651987-02-25 · 1h 0mA decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. A major victory is won when the federal Voting Rights Bill passes, but civil rig