Eyes on the Prize: Learn How Change Happens

Learn How Change Happens

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement is an American television series documentary about the civil rights movement in the US. It tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today. The series is narrated by political leader and civil rights activist Julian Bond (1940-2015).

Details

What: Community viewing of the first season of Eyes on the Prize followed by short conversation. Each episode is about 60 minutes long.

Week 4: No Easy Walk (1961-1963)
The civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as its most visible leader. Some demonstrations succeed; others fail. But the triumphant March on Washington, D.C., under King’s leadership, shows a mounting national support for civil rights. President John F. Kennedy proposes the Civil Rights Act.

When: 4/14 – 5/19 on Tuesdays from 4:00 – 5:30 PM

Where: Virtual (registration required, sign up below)