Interview with Jesse Jackson conducted for Eyes on the Prize II. Discussion topics include Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Harold Washington, Overtown and the Miami riots, the National Black Political Convention in 1972 held in Gary, Indiana, and the1984 Democratic National Convention in San...Show full record
Subject:
Racerelations--United States
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Hampton, Henry, Lacy, Madison Davis
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Craig Rains conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion focused on the integration crisis at Central High School in Little Rock, where Rains was a student.
Subject:
Little Rock (Ark.)--Racerelations
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview of Nicholas deB. (Nicholas deBelleville) Katzenbach conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the integration crisis at the University of Mississippi, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Subject:
Racerelations--United States
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., DeVinney, James A.
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with William Simmons conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on resistance to integration by the Mississippi Citizens' Council, specifically the Jackson chapter which was led by Simmons.
Subject:
Jackson (Miss.)--Racerelations
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Arndt, Prudence
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Second of two interviews with Judge Constance Baker Motley conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the integration of the University of Mississippi by James Meredith.
Subject:
Racerelations--United States
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Wendell Harris conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the civil rights movement in Birmingham. Alabama and the contributions of Martin Luther King and Fred Shuttlesworth.
Subject:
Birmingham (Ala.)--Racerelations
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Johnson, Henry
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with John Lewis conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the sit-ins in Nashville, the philosophy of non-violence, the Freedom Rides, his role in SNCC, and the March on Washington.
Subject:
Birmingham (Ala.)--Racerelations
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Johnson, Henry, Richardson, Judy
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Amzie Moore conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on life under segregation, his activism, and cases of lynching that he investigated, including the Emmett Till case.
Subject:
Mississippi--Racerelations
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Richardson, Judy
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Bernie Schweid conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on his support of the Nashville sit-ins as a business owner in the city.
Subject:
Nashville (Tenn.)--Racerelations
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Bagwell, Orlando
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.