Interview of Judge Robert Carter conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on Brown v. Board of Education and the legal battles that led to the Brown ruling, and Carter's working relationship with Thurgood Marshall.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Vecchione, Judith, Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:
Blackside, Inc., Washington University in St. Louis
Filmed interview with Dr. William G. Anderson conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Anderson spoke about the Albany Movement, the involvement of Dr. King and SCLC, and the law-enforcement tactics of Chief Laurie Pritchett.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., DeVinney, James A.
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Albert Turner originally conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize, in which it was used. Discussion centers on the voting rights campaigns in Alabama. Turner also spoke about the police riot in Marion during which Jimmie Lee Jackson was...Show full record
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Johnson, Henry
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Charles Diggs conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the trial of Emmett Till's killers (which he attended), the impact of the Till case, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and battles over segregation in Congress.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Smith, Llewellyn
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Marcia Webb Lecky conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the integration crisis at Central High School in Little Rock, where Lecky was a student.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Hollis Watkins conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and activism in Mississippi, including SNCC activity in McComb, Mississippi and Fannie Lou Hamer.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Thompson Gaines conducted for Eyes on the Prize II. Discussion centers on the 1967 Cleveland mayoral election in which Mr. Gaines helped elect Carl Stokes, making him the first Black mayor of a major American city.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Massiah, Louis
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Joseph Azbell conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Montgomery bus boycott, E. D. Nixon, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Crossley, Callie
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Marion Barry conducted in 1979 for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centered on sit-ins, decision-making within the Civil Rights movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Johnson, Henry
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.