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Eyes on the Prize
Awakenings (1954-1956) | Unita Blackwell
Activist Unita Blackwell shares the motivating factors behind why Black Americans joined the Civil Rights Movement. From Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings (1954-1956).
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A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery,
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Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern.
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The Civil Rights Movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations.
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Black college students take a leadership role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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States’ rights, loyalists, and federal authorities collide over school integration.
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Individual acts of courage inspire Black Southerners to fight for their rights.