Eyes on the prize. Vol. 3. Mississippi : is this America? (1962-1964) ; Bridge to freedom (1965) : America's civil rights movement
Title:
Eyes on the prize. Vol. 3. Mississippi : is this America? (1962-1964) ; Bridge to freedom (1965) : America's civil rights movement
ISBN:
9780793692576
Edition:
Full screen
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, [2006]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally produced as a special presentation of American Experience television program in 1986.
Special features: Interview with Henry Hampton, Profiles; Primary source and graphs; Downloadable study guide.
Subject Term:
Geographic Term:
Added Uniform Title:
American experience (Television program)
Summary:
Mississippi : is this America ? (1962-1964) : Focuses on the right to vote. Tells how the black citizens who had been denied the right to vote stepped forward and demanded a place in the political process. Medgar Evers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and others, died trying to help them. Shows the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge the 1964 Democratic Party Convention.
Bridge to freedom (1965) : When civil rights protesters marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama were assaulted by police, national outrage over the brutality led to President Johnson providing the protection of federal troops, and ultimately to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
System Details:
DVD; STEREO.
Language Note:
CLOSED-CAPTIONED.
