True South: Henry Hampton and “Eyes on the Prize,” the Landmark Television Series That Reframed the Civil Rights Movement

Henry Hampton%27s 1987 landmark multipart television series%2c %3ci%3eEyes on the Prize%3c/i%3e%2c an eloquent%2c plainspoken chronicle of the civil rights movement%2c is now the classic narrative of that history. Before Hampton%2c the movement%27s history had been written or filmed by whites and weighted heavily toward Dr. King%27s telegenic leadership.
%3ci%3eEyes on the Prize%3c/i%3e told the story from the point of view of ordinary people inside the civil rights movement. Hampton shifted the focus from victimization to strength%2c froDesignHTMLWords: 77   Characters: 483