DESCRIPTIVE VIDEOS - Braille Institute

This film takes the viewer to the southern schools where the first battle lines of the
civil rights movement were drawn, places like Central High in Little Rock,
Arkansas.
Eyes on the Prize I, Volume 3: Ain’t Scared of Your Jails (1960- 1961)
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As the front lines of the civil rights movement moved from schools and courts to
everyday life, college students led the way. While their protests often meant
arrest and imprisonment, their response was clear, “Ain’t scared of your jails.”
Eyes on the Prize I, Volume 4: No Easy Walk (1961-1963)
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Albany... Birmingham... Washington, D.C.... these are landmarks along the
journey to equal justice. In this film, you’ll visit the cities where the tactics of
nonviolent protest met both success and failure.
Eyes on the Prize I, Volume 5: Mississippi... Is This America? (1962 - 1964)
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This episode takes the viewer to the heart of the Old South, where fighting for the
right to vote meant risking freedom, jobs, and even lives.
Eyes on the Prize I, Volume 6: Bridge to Freedom (1965)
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Selma, Montgomery, “ We shall overcome,” these were the signposts near the end
of a decade long struggle for civil rights. After ten years of effort, the right of
African-Americans to vote was still denied.
Eyes on the Prize II, Volume 1: The Time Has Come
(1964-1966) and Two Societies (1967-1968)
DVS 53
In the South and the urban North, leaders emerged who helped transform the civil
rights movement into a broader struggle for human rights. These are their stories.
Eyes on the Prize II, Volume 2: Power! (1966-1968) and The Promised Land
(1967-1968)
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In the late Sixties, issues of war, poverty, and economic justice became
intertwined. The escalating Vietnam War further divided America, and the
government’s War on Poverty began to suffer.
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