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A propulsive narrative chronicling the fight for racial justice in America, from Obama's election to Black Lives Matter, highlighting the heroic individuals who sparked change.
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Episodes
1. The Time Has Come - 1964-66
1h
Malcolm X takes nationalism to urban streets as a younger generation of Black leaders listens. In the South, Stokely Carmichael and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) move from "Freedom Now!" to "Black Power!"
2. Two Societies - 1965-68
1h
The Kerner Commission finds that America is becoming "two societies, one Black, one white, separate and unequal." President Lyndon Johnson, who appointed the commission, ignores the report.
3. Power! - 1966-68
1h
The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in Black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins election as the first Black mayor of a major American city. The Black Panther Party is born in Oakland.
4. The Promised Land - 1967–68
1h
In the midst of political organizing, Martin Luther King detours to support striking sanitation workers in Memphis, where he is assassinated. King's death and the failure of his final campaign mark the end of a major stream of the movement.
5. Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More - 1964-72
1h
A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize Black America. Community activists organize the National Black Political Convention in an attempt to create a unified Black response to growing repression against the movement.
6. A Nation of Law? - 1968-71
1h
Black activism is met with a violent and unethical response from law enforcement. At New York's Attica State Prison, a five-day inmate takeover calling the public's attention to poor conditions leaves 43 men dead.
7. The Keys to the Kingdom - 1974–80
1h
In the 1970s, antidiscrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the civil rights movement are put to the test. Atlanta's first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson, proves that affirmative action can work, but the Bakke case challenges it.
8. Back to the Movement - 1979-Mid 1980s
1h
Miami's Black community explodes in rioting. In Chicago, frustrated by decades of unfulfilled promises made by the city's Democratic political machine, reformers install Harold Washington as the city's first Black mayor.
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- SeriesEyes on the Prize
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