The promised land : 1967-1968
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 politica...
| Uniform Title: | Eyes on the prize (Television program). |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
| Published: |
Arlington, VA :
Public Broadcasting Service,
[1990]
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally broadcast as an episode of Eyes on the Prize, America at the racial crossroads on American experience in 1990. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (58 minutes) : sound, color and black and white |
| Playing Time: | 00:57:56 |