Filmed interview with Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on his involvement in Southern Christian Leadership Confrence (SCLC), along with civil rights campaigns in the South, particularly focusing on Birmingham.
Subject:
Birmingham (Ala.)--Racerelations
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Crossley, Callie
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:
Selma (Ala.)--Racerelations
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., DeVinney, James
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.
Filmed interview with Arthur Shores conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on civil rights activism in Birmingham and Autherine Lucy's attempt to integrate the University of Alabama.
Subject:
Birmingham (Ala.)--Racerelations
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., DeVinney, James A.
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Harris Wofford conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Kennedy administration's policies on civil rights, as well as John Kennedy's intervention with the governor of Georgia in order to release Dr. Martin Luther King from jail in 1960.
Subject:
Georgia--Racerelations
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Arndt, Prudence
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview conducted with Virginia Durr as part of America, They Loved You Madly in 1979, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on segregation in Montgomery and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Subject:
Montgomery (Ala.)--Racerelations
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Hampton, Henry, Richardson, Judy
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.