Two societies : 1965-1968 /
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. Their efforts pit them against Chicago's powerful mayor, Richard Daley. When a series of marches throug...
| Uniform Title: | Eyes on the prize (Television program). |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Arlington, VA :
Public Broadcasting Service,
[1990]
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| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. Their efforts pit them against Chicago's powerful mayor, Richard Daley. When a series of marches through all-white neighborhoods draws violence, King and Daley negotiate with mixed results. In Detroit, a police raid in a black neighborhood sparks an urban uprising that lasts five days, leaving 43 people dead. The Kerner Commission finds that America is becoming "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal." President Lyndon Johnson, who appointed the commission, ignores the report. |
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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: | 00:57:52 |