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Eyes on the Prize

Henry Hampton with Blackside colleagues Kenn Rabin and Cindy Kuhn. Kuhn looks to be taking copious notes while Hampton and Rabin discuss a topic. Eyes on the Prize and an interview play on two TVs in the background.

Eyes on the Prize is a 14-part series originally released in two parts: Eyes I in 1987 and Eyes II in 1990. This series debuted on PBS stations and is considered the definitive documentary on the Civil Rights Movement.

The series won over twenty major awards and attracted over 20 million viewers. These interviews are part of the Henry Hampton Collection housed at WashU Libraries Film & Media Archive.

This digital collection of the series contains the complete interviews conducted by Blackside for Eyes on the Prize I, including sections that appeared in the final program and the outtakes.

To see more of the Henry Hampton Collection, visit the Film & Media Archive’s Henry Hampton Collection.

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Explore the first series of Eyes on the Prize Interviews

Explore the second series of Eyes on the Prize Interviews

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Contact

Department
Special Collections, Special Collections, Preservation, and Digital Strategies
Name
Andy Uhrich
Job Title
Curator of Film and Media
Phone Number
(314) 935-3301

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