Back to the Movement 1979-Mid 1980S

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Power and powerlessness. Miami's black community-pummeled by urban renewal, a lack of jobs, and police harassment- explodes in rioting. But in Chicago, an unprecedented grassroots movement triumphs. Frustrated by decades of unfulfilled promises made by the city's Democratic political machine, reformers install Harold Washington as Chicago's first black mayor
U.S. Immigration (1:42)
Overtown, Miami (1:55)
Overtown Disappears (3:54)
Picketing Black Against Residents (2:26)
Arthur McDuffie (1:59)
Struggles in the Central District (3:02)
Victim of Police Brutality (2:27)
McDuffie's Murder Trial (3:07)
Miami Riots (3:58)
Riot Damages (3:18)
Chicago, Illinois (1:51)
Cabrini-Green (3:40)
Voter Registration Campaign (2:38)
Harold Washington (4:15)
1983 Chicago Mayor Race (2:38)
Campaign Strategies (3:32)
Election Day (2:23)
Civil Rights Movement (3:09)
Civil Rights Movement Continues (1:56)
Credits: Back to Movement 1979-Mid 1980s: Eyes on the Prize-America's Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1985 (2:10)
Personal Remembrances: Henry Hampton (1:29)
Inspiration (1:29)
Kids My Age (2:04)
Morality Play (1:04)
I Was There (1:45)
Out of the South (1:10)
Black Power (1:42)
Assassinations (0:51)
Truth and Heroes (0:49)
Transformation (1:05)
Surveillance (0:43)
Making History (0:44)
Legacy (1:20)

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