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Showing posts with label Eyes on the Prize. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eyes on the Prize. Show all posts

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Eyes on the Prize: Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-1972) [Part 11 or 14] (1990)





















Starring:
  • Julian Bond
  • Eugene 'Bull' Connor
PBS.org
A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize black America. World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay challenges America to accept him as Muhammad Ali, a minister of Islam who refuses to fight in Vietnam. Students at Howard University in Washington, D.C., fight to bring the growing black consciousness movement and their African heritage inside the walls of this prominent black institution. Black elected officials and community activists organize the National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana, in an attempt to create a unified black response to growing repression against the movement.

Transcripts for "Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More": PBS.org

Eyes on the Prize: The Promised Land (1967-1968) [Part 10 of 14] (1990)



















Starring:
  • Julian Bond
  • Eugene 'Bull' Connor'
PBS.org
Martin Luther King stakes out new ground for himself and the rapidly fragmenting civil rights movement. One year before his death, he publicly opposes the war in Vietnam. His Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) embarks on an ambitious Poor People's Campaign. In the midst of political organizing, King detours to support striking sanitation workers in Memphis, where he is assassinated. King's death and the failure of his final campaign mark the end of a major stream of the movement.

Transcript for "The Promised Land: PBS.org

Friday, March 1, 2013

Eyes on the Prize: Power! (1967-1968) [Part 9 of 14] (1990)





















Starring:
  • Julian Bond
  • Eugene 'Bull' Connor
PBS.org
The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins election as the first black mayor of a major American city. The Black Panther Party, armed with law books, breakfast programs, and guns, is born in Oakland. Substandard teaching practices prompt parents to gain educational control of a Brooklyn school district but then lead them to a showdown with New York City's teachers' union.

Transcript for "Power!": PBS.org