EYES ON THE PRIZE II: AMERICA AT THE RACIAL CROSSROADS {EPISODE 2}: TWO SOCIETIES 1965-1968 (TV)
Summary
One in this series of documentaries that examines the African-American civil rights movement in the United States. This program focuses on the efforts of Martin Luther King, Jr., to improve the situation for blacks in Chicago, and on the incendiary riots that exploded in Detroit. The program features film clips of marches and rallies, and of meetings with Mayor Richard Daley and his staff. Among those featured in interviews or film clips about the events in the Chicago civil rights movement are Andrew Young of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Linda Bryant-Hall of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); Ed Marciniak of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations; Richard Daley, mayor of Chicago; Clory Bryant, community activist; Jesse Jackson of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Minnie Dunlap and Nancy Jefferson of the Union to End Slums; John McDermott of the Catholic Interracial Council; Albert Raby of the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations; the Reverend Bernard Lafayette Jr. of the American Friends Service Committee; Rosemary Porter, a Chicago resident; Robert Lucas of CORE; and Chester Robinson of the West Side Organization. The riot and its aftermath in Detroit are discussed by riot participants, policemen, national guardsmen, and community organizers. Among those appearing in film clips or interviews about the Detroit riots are Helen Kelly, community activist; Ron Scott, resident; Grant Friley, of the Detroit police; Herb Boyd, instructor at Wayne State University; John Nichols, deputy superintendent of the Detroit Police Department; Dr. Arthur Jackson, deputy superintendent of schools; Richard Strichartz, special assistant to the mayor; Eleanor Josaitis of the Archbishop's Commission on Human Relations; Albert Wilson, a 13-year-old boy who was wounded in the riots; Governor George Romney of Michigan; Roger Wilkins of the U.S. Department of Justice; Cyrus Vance, special representative for civil disturbances; Sergeant Howard Holland of the Michigan National Guard; Representative John Conyers; and President Lyndon B. Johnson The program closes with the conclusion of the Kerner Commission's report, which indicates that America in the 1960s consisted of two separate and unequal societies. Acquisition and cataloging of this program was made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: January 22, 1990 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:30
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:17567
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Blacks - Politics and suffrage; Blacks - History; U S - Civil rights; Blacks - Civil rights; Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); Demonstrations - United States; Riots; African-American Collection - News/Talk
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1990
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Henry Hampton … Executive Producer, Created by, Developed by
- Alison Bassett … Coordinating Producer
- Sheila Bernard … Producer, Director, Writer
- Sam Pollard … Producer, Director, Writer
- Judy Richardson … Associate Producer
- Steve Fayer … Writer
- Bernice Johnson Reagon … Theme Music by
- Julian Bond … Narrator
- Herb Boyd
- Linda Bryant-Hall
- John Conyers
- Richard Daley
- Minnie Dunlap
- Grant Friley
- Howard Holland
- Arthur Jackson
- Jesse Jackson
- Nancy Jefferson
- Lyndon Baines Johnson
- Eleanor Josaitis
- Helen Kelly
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Bernard Lafayette
- Robert Lucas
- Ed Marciniak
- John McDermott
- John Nichols
- Rosemary Porter
- Albert Raby
- Chester Robinson
- George Romney
- Richard Strichartz
- Cyrus Vance
- Roger Wilkins
- Albert Wilson
- Andrew Young