American Experience

American Experience

Eyes on the Prize (1): Awakenings (1954-1956) (19x1)


Air date: Oct 02, 2006

Individual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.

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