Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Screening & Discussion Series presented by Opposition to War & Occupation (OWO)

This course is designed for those looking to gain a preliminary understanding of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in combination with a more general discussion of the ideas of anti-racism, pacifism/non-violence, and militancy. We will be viewing Eyes on the Prize in 1-hour increments. Eyes on the Prize is an award-winning 14-hour television series produced by Blackside and narrated by Julian Bond. Through contemporary interviews and historical footage, the series covers all of the major events of the civil rights and Black Power movements from 1954-1985. Series topics range from the Montgomery bus boycott in 1954 to the Voting Rights Act in 1965; from community power in schools to Black Power in the streets; from early acts of individual courage to the emergence of a mass movement and its eventual split.