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Filmed interview with Hollis Watkins conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and activism in Mississippi, including SNCC activity in McComb, Mississippi and Fannie Lou Hamer.
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Watkins, Hollis, 1941-, Hamer, Fannie Lou, 1917-1977, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), Student movements, Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States, Race relations--United States, Oral History--United States
Creator:: Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:: Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:: Blackside, Inc.
Language:: English
Date Modified:: 2016-12-06 18:35 UTC
Date Issued:: 1985-11-09 00:00 UTC
Content License:: All rights reserved
Resource Type:: Video

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Filmed interview with Harry Briggs Jr. for Eyes on the Prize. He discussed conditions in segregated schools in South Carolina, his parents' lawsuit, and retaliation against his family as a result of the suit.
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Jr., Harry Briggs, Clarendon County (S.C.), School integration, South Carolina--Race relations, Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States, Race relations--United States, Oral History--United States
Creator:: Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:: Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:: Blackside, Inc.
Language:: English
Date Modified:: 2016-12-06 18:34 UTC
Date Issued:: 1985-11-02 00:00 UTC
Content License:: All rights reserved
Resource Type:: Video

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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.
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Wofford, Harris, Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, Georgia--Race relations, Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States, Race relations--United States, Oral History--United States
Creator:: Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:: Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:: Blackside, Inc.
Language:: English
Date Modified:: 2016-12-06 18:33 UTC
Date Issued:: 1985-10-31 00:00 UTC
Content License:: All rights reserved
Resource Type:: Video

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Filmed interview with Curtis Jones conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the murder of Jones' cousin Emmett Till.
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Jones, Curtis, Till, Emmett, 1941-1955, Wright, Mose Arthur, 1924-, Ware, George, Lynching--Mississippi, Trials (Murder), Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States, Race relations--United States, Oral History--United States
Creator:: Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:: Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:: Blackside, Inc.
Language:: English
Date Modified:: 2016-12-06 18:32 UTC
Date Issued:: 1985-11-12 00:00 UTC
Content License:: All rights reserved
Resource Type:: Video

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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.
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Simmons, William James, 1916-2007, Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987, Citizens' Councils of America, Jackson (Miss.), Jackson (Miss.)--Race relations, Mississippi--Race relations, Mississippi--Social conditions, University of Mississippi, Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States, Race relations--United States, Oral History--United States
Creator:: Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:: Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:: Blackside, Inc.
Language:: English
Date Modified:: 2016-12-06 18:30 UTC
Date Issued:: 1985-11-08 00:00 UTC
Resource Type:: Video

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Filmed interview with Victoria Gray Adams conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on voter registration in Mississippi, the Council of Federated Organizations, Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's challenge to the official (segregated) Democratic Party of...Show full record
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Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006, Hamer, Fannie Lou, 1917-1977, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Democratic National Convention, Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.), Voter registration--Mississippi, Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States, Race relations--United States, Oral History--United States
Creator:: Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:: Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:: Blackside, Inc.
Language:: English
Date Modified:: 2016-12-02 21:32 UTC
Date Issued:: 1985-11-09 00:00 UTC
Resource Type:: Video

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