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Individual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Eyes on the prize (Television program).
Other Authors: Vecchione, Judith (televisoin producer.), Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, [1986]
Subjects:
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955.
Parks, Rosa, > 1913-2005.
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968
Parks, Rosa, > 1913-2005
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Suffrage > History > 20th century.
African Americans > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History.
Segregation > United States > History.
Segregation in education > Southern States > History.
Segregation in transportation > Alabama > Montgomery.
Civil rights demonstrations > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights > United States.
Trials (Murder) > Mississippi.
Southern States > Race relations > History.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Suffrage > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Ségrégation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Ségrégation en éducation > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Ségrégation dans le transport > Alabama > Montgomery.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
Procès (Meurtre) > Mississippi.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales > Histoire.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
African Americans
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Suffrage
Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Race relations
Segregation
Segregation in education
Segregation in transportation
Trials (Murder)
Alabama > Montgomery
Mississippi
Southern States
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:Individual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
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:00:57:00