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Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965-1985

Eyes on the Prize is a 14-part documentary series narrated by Julian Bond, covering all of the major events of the African-American Civil Rights Movement from 1954 - 1985. The series is in two stages - America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1964 and America at the Racial Crossroads 1965-1985. The first six episodes - Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1964 - cover the time period between the Brown v. Board decision and the Selma to Montgomery marches. The remaining 8 episodes - Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965-1985 - look at the civil rights movement from the streets of Malcolm X's Harlem to the victory celebration for Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor. Through contemporary interviews and historical footage, the series looks at the major events of the African-American Civil Rights Movement in recent American history.

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Episode 07 - The Time Has Come 1964 - 1966
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the civil rights movement: the insistent call for power. Malcolm X takes an eloquent nationalism to urban streets as a younger generation of black leaders listens.

Episode 08 - Two Societies 1965 - 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. Their efforts pit them against Chicago's powerful mayor, Richard Daley.

Episode 09 - Power! 1966 - 1968
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, armed with law books, breakfast programs, and guns, is born in Oakland.

Episode 10 - The Promised Land 1967 - 1968
Martin Luther King stakes out new ground for himself and the rapidly fragmenting civil rights movement. One year before his death, he publicly opposes the war in Vietnam. His Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) embarks on an ambitious Poor People's Campaign.

Episode 11 - Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More 1964 - 1972
A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize black America. World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay challenges America to accept him as Muhammad Ali, a minister of Islam who refuses to fight in Vietnam.

Episode 12 - A Nation of Law? 1968 - 1971
Black activism is increasingly met with a sometimes violent and unethical response from local and federal law enforcement agencies. In Chicago, two Black Panther Party leaders are killed in a pre-dawn raid by police acting on information supplied by an FBI informant.

Episode 13 - The Keys to the Kingdom 1974 - 1980
In the 1970s, antidiscrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the civil rights movement are put to the test. In Boston, some whites violently resist a federal court school desegregation order.

Episode 14 - Back to the Movement 1979 - 1983
Power and powerlessness. Miami's black community - pummeled by urban renewal, a lack of jobs, and police harassment - explodes in rioting. But in Chicago, an unprecedented grassroots movement triumphs.