Interview with Peter Orris conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on his involvement with SNCC and voter registration drives as part of Freedom Summer in Mississippi.
Subject:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Arndt, Prudence
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:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview of Laurie Pritchett conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on his actions as police chief of Albany, Georgia during the Albany movement of 1961-62.
Subject:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., DeVinney, James A.
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with James Peck conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on his participation in the Freedom Rides.
Subject:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Hampton, Henry
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
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.
Subject:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Vanessa Venable conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the closing of schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, a tactic employed by the state government to avoid integration.
Subject:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Melba Patillo Beals conducted for Eyes on the prize. Discussion centers on her experiences as one of the "Little Rock Nine" who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
Subject:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Bagwell, Orlando
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
