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.
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:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Johnson, Henry
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
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:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
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:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
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:
Racerelations--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Arndt, Prudence
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.