Eyes on the Prize II - America at the Racial crossroads - 1965-1985.

Abstract

Of all of the cataclysmic events of the mid twentieth century the American civil rights movement ranks among those whose eventual outcome is still being played out in various individual and societal struggles. Unlike other great social movements, this one developed and matured at a time when a great communication revolution was also occurring, namely the advent of television as a mass medium within our society. As both evolved, the record kept by television provides us with a powerful means to reexamine not only the historical outcomes but the actors and their motivations during critical moments of this period.