Back to the Movement 1979-Mid 80s
eyes on the prize

Power and powerlessness. Miami's black community-pummeled by urban renewal, a lack of jobs and police harassment-explodes in rioting. In Chicago, an unprecedented grassroots movement triumphs. Harold Washington becomes Chicago's first black mayor.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 208

About Eyes on the Prize:

Revisit this landmark series, the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life.


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