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Black 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 buses, but they are brutally attacked as they travel.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Eyes on the prize (Television program).
Other Authors: Fayer, Steve, 1935- (Screenwriter), Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, [1986]
Subjects:
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
African American college students > Political activity.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Suffrage > History > 20th century.
African Americans > History > 20th century.
Segregation > United States > History.
Civil rights demonstrations > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights > United States.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Suffrage > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Ségrégation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
African American college students > Political activity
African Americans
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Suffrage
Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights movements
Race relations
Segregation
United States
1900-1999
Streaming video.
Internet videos.
Webcast
Documentary television programs
History
Internet videos
Nonfiction television programs
Television programs
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Documentaires télévisés.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Émissions télévisées.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Black 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 buses, but they are brutally attacked as they travel.
Item Description:Originally broadcast as an episode of Eyes on the Prize on American experience in 1986.
Physical Description:1 online resource (57 minutes) : sound, color and black and white
Playing Time:00:56:44
Production Credits:Editor, Jeanne Jordan.