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Eyes on the Prize Interviews: The Complete Series
All of the interviews from Eyes on the Prize I and II are available online with full text search capability. Eyes on the Prize is a 14-part series which was originally released in two parts in 1985 and 1988. This series, which debuted on PBS stations, is considered to be the definitive documentary on the Civil Rights Movement. Eyes on the Prize won more than twenty major awards and attracted over 20 million viewers. These interviews are part of the Henry Hampton Collection housed at the Film and Media Archive at Washington University Libraries. Each transcript represents the entire interview conducted by Blackside including sections which appeared in the final program and the outtakes. This project is part of Washington University's Digital Gateway and was produced by Digital Library Services and the Film and Media Archive.
Interview
with Rosa Parks
Digitization of this interview was made possible by an American Film Institute (AFI) grant.
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Hosted by PBS. Includes links to video, images, music, and newspaper excerpts from the series.