Power! 1966-1968 /

The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins election as the first black mayor of a major American city. The Black Panther Party, armed with law books, breakfast programs, and guns, is born in Oakland. Substandard teaching practices...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Eyes on the prize (Television program).
Other Authors: Rockefeller, Terry Kay (Screenwriter), Massiah, Louis (Screenwriter), Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 (Narrator)
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)
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Summary:The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins election as the first black mayor of a major American city. The Black Panther Party, armed with law books, breakfast programs, and guns, is born in Oakland. Substandard teaching practices prompt parents to gain educational control of a Brooklyn school district but then lead them to a showdown with New York City's teachers' union.
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