Filmed interview with Jan Robertson conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the integration crisis at the University of Mississippi, where Robertson 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 with Harold Engstrom conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the integration of Little Rock Central High School, Governor Orval Faubus and Virgil T. Blossom.
Subject:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Virginia Durr conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on life in segregated Alabama, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Senator James Eastland of Mississippi harassment of pro-integration southerners.
Subject:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Robert B. Ellis conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the integration crisis at the University of Mississippi, James Meredith and Governor Ross Barnett.
Subject:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview of Myrlie Evers, widow of Medgar Evers, conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on her childhood in Vicksburg and Tugaloo, MS, and her own experience of segregation.
Subject:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Bagwell, Orlando
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:
Civilrights--History--20th century
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Arndt, Prudence
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.