Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965An inspirational, fully illustrated account of one of the greatest decades in our nation's history, focusing on the unheralded activists who brought the civl rights movement to life. To be a January 1987 PBS series. 100 black-and-white photographs. |
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