Eyes on the Prize. : Bridge to Freedom (1965) : America's Civil Rights Movement Vol. 3, Mississippi : is This America? (1962-1964)
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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.
Narrator: Julian Bond.
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.
DVD; stereo ; full screen.
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SERIES
American experience (Television program)
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, [2006]
Year Published: 2006
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0793692628 (set)
9780793692620 (set)
0793692571 (v.3)
9780793692576 (v.3)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Hampton, Henry, 1940-1998.
Bond, Julian, 1940-
Blackside, Inc.
PBS Video.
SUBJECTS
African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Segregation -- History.
African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights demonstrations -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
United States -- History -- 20th century.