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:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Smith, Llewellyn
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview of Reverend Joseph Ellwanger conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Selma to Montgomery Rights March and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. .
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Crossley, Callie
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Orval Faubus conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the integration crisis at Little Rock's Central High School.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Don Evans conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion focuses on Mr. Evans' involvement in civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham Alabama and race relations in the town.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Johnson, Henry
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:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Rudolph Lee conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Montgomery Bus boycott, and intimidation of protesters.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Johnson, Henry
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:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Johnson, Henry
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Linda Brown Smith conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on her experiences in Kansas's segregated schools and her family's involvement in the Brown vs. Board of Education lawsuit.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Smith, Llewellyn
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.