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Name: Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2): Awakenings 1954-1956 / Fighting Back 1957-1962
Released: 2006-10-02
Cast: Julian Bond

Episode Details: Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2): Awakenings 1954-1956 / Fighting Back 1957-1962

Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2): Awakenings 1954-1956 / Fighting Back 1957-1962

Series: American Experience

Season: Season 19

Episode Number: 1

Air Date: 10/02/2006

Duration: 55 min

Part 1 of 3 of the award-winning 1987 documentary "Eyes on the Prize." Included: profiles of Mose Wright and Rosa Parks; conflicts sparked by the Supreme Court's 1955 ruling that schools should be integrated; James Meredith's efforts to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962; and newsreel comments by former Mississippi senator James Eastland.