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Title:

Awakenings, 1954-1956 [videorecording] / a production of Blackside.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

manufactured and distributed by Pacific Arts,
manufactured and distributed by Pacific Arts,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Afro-Americans--Civil rights--Southern States.
Afro-Americans--History--1877-1964.
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States--History--20th century.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Southern States--Race relations.

Other Authors:

Blackside, Inc.

Other Titles:

Eyes on the prize (Television program).
Awakenings.
Awakenings (1954-1956).
Eyes on the prize.

Notes:

Originally produced for television broadcast in 1986. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Julian Bond.

Summary:

Covers two events that helped to focus the nation's attention on the rights of black Americans: the 1955 lynching in Mississippi of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the 1955-56 Montgomery, Ala. boycott. Also shows southern race relations at mid-century and witnesses the awakening of individuals to their own courage and power.

Series:

Eyes on the prize: America's civil rights years ; program 1

ISBN:

9781561116508
1561116505

OCLC:

(OCoLC)26829727

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

HHPC765 -- Laurens Public Library (Laurens) — VID.323.1 EYE NO.1