New Rosa Parks Documentary Uses Rare Footage from the Jack Willis Collection
Johanna Hamilton and Yoruba Richen’s new documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks is an adaptation of Jeanne Theoharis’s biography of...
Tag: Eyes on the Prize
-
-
Interviews from Eyes on the Prize II Now Digitized
The Washington University Libraries are excited to announce that it has completed a three-year grant to digitize, reassemble, and share... -
New Documentary Uses Footage from Eyes on the Prize Interviews
On August 19th HBO Max premiered the documentary special Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground. The new program is directed... -
In Here and Out There: “Eyes on the Prize” and Current Films
In celebration of Black History Month, we are taking a closer look at some of the Eyes on the Prize... -
New Film Uses Material from “Eyes on the Prize”
Henry Hampton’s Blackside, Inc. interviewed William O’Neal on April 13, 1989, for Eyes on the Prize: America at the Racial Crossroads... -
Film & Media Archive Receives Grant to Digitize “Eyes on the Prize II” Footage
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a grant of $226,392 to Washington University Libraries’ Film & Media... -
Eyes on the Prize Receives the 2019 Cinema Eye Legacy Award
We are excited to announce that Eyes on the Prize is the recipient of the 2019 Cinema Eye Legacy Award. This... -
Highlighting the Little Rock Nine Interviews
This month, Special Collections Blog will be highlighting a few of our many collections on African American history. Some of... -
Emmett Till: What Were We Seeing Then, What Are We Saying Now?
October 3, 1955: Life publishes Frank McMahon’s illustrations from the trial of Emmett Till’s murderers. Often considered the full igniting spark... -
Eyes on the Prize Interviews Now Digitized and Available Online
The Washington University Libraries are pleased to announce the completion of the Eyes on the Prize Digitization and Reassembly Project... -
NHPRC Grant Reveals Unseen Outtakes from Eyes on the Prize
Thanks to a National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Grant, the team at Washington University Libraries is nearing completion... -
Emmett Till and “Eyes on the Prize”
August 28, 2016, marked the 61st anniversary of Emmett Till’s death. The murder of Emmett Louis Till in 1955 was...