Eyes on the prize America's civil rights years, 1954-1965 / [videorecording] : America's civil rights years, 1954-1965 creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton ; a production of Blackside. - Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2010. - 3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally produced in 1986, as a special presentation of American experience. Special feature: interview with Henry Hampton.

Disc 1. Awakenings (1954-1956) -- Fighting back (1957-1962) -- Disc 2. Ain't scared of your jails (1960-1961) -- No easy walk (1961-1963) -- Disc 3. Mississippi: Is this America? (1962-1964) -- Bridge to freedom (1965).

Associate producers, Llewellyn M. Smith, Prudence Arndt ; edited by Daniel Eisenberg, Jeanne Jordan, Charles Scott ; senior researcher, Laurie Kahn-Leavitt ; camera, Jon Else ... [et al.] ; academic advisors, Wiley Branton, Clayborne Carson, John Dittmer, Tony Freyer, David Garrow, Paul Gaston, Vincent Harding, Darlene Clark Hine, Steve Lawson, Genna Rae McNeil, Aldon Morris, J. Mills Thornton, Howard Zinn ; theme music produced, arranged and performed by Bernice Johnson Reagan ; series title animation, Colossal Pictures. Associate producers, Llewellyn M. Smith, Prudence Arndt ; edited by Daniel Eisenberg, Jeanne Jordan, Charles Scott ; senior researcher, Laurie Kahn-Leavitt ; camera, Jon Else ... [et al.] ; academic advisors, Wiley Branton, Clayborne Carson, John Dittmer, Tony Freyer, David Garrow, Paul Gaston, Vincent Harding, Darlene Clark Hine, Steve Lawson, Genna Rae McNeil, Aldon Morris, J. Mills Thornton, Howard Zinn ; theme music produced, arranged and performed by Bernice Johnson Reagan ; series title animation, Colossal Pictures.

Julian Bond, narrator.

The definitive story of the Civil Rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations are felt today.

TV rating: TV-PG.


DVDs, stereo.


For private home use only.


Closed-captioned.

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EYES600 PBS Home Video


Civil rights movements--United States--20th century--Personal narratives.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.


United States--History--1953-1961.
United States--History--1961-1969.
United States--Race relations.


Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction television programs.

DVD E 185.61 / .E94 2010