Season 1
EYES ON THE PRIZE is 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 and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today. Season 1 (1954-1965).
Individual acts of courage inspire Black Southerners to fight for their rights.
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Awakenings (1954-1956)
States’ rights, loyalists, and federal authorities collide over school integration.
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Fighting Back (1957–1962)
Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)
Black college students take a leadership role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)
The Civil Rights Movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations.
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No Easy Walk (1961-1963)
Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964)
Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern.
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Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964)
A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery,
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