Filmed interview with Jo Ann Robinson conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Montgomery bus boycott and her involvement in the Women's Political Council.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Hampton, Henry, Richardson, Judy
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Harold Engstrom conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the integration of Little Rock Central High School, Governor Orval Faubus and Virgil T. Blossom.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Virginia Durr conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on life in segregated Alabama, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Senator James Eastland of Mississippi harassment of pro-integration southerners.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview of Myrlie Evers, widow of Medgar Evers, conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on her childhood in Vicksburg and Tugaloo, MS, and her own experience of segregation.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Bagwell, Orlando
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with A.G. Gaston conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Birmingham campaign of 1963 and his efforts to reach a negotiated settlement between civil rights activists and the city government, including Bull Connor.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., DeVinney, James
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview of Joseph Smitherman conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Selma campaign during the time that Smitherman was mayor of that town, including the Selma to Montgomery Rights March.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., DeVinney, James
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview of Charles Sherrod conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on his involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), along with his participation in the Albany, Ga. civil rights campaign.
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Robert Williams conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. No known picture element exists for this interview. Discussion centers on integration campaigns in Monroe, North Carolina, Ku Klux Klan violence against the movement, and support for...Show full record
Subject:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Johnson, Henry
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.