Basic Info

First Air: January 21, 1987

Rating: ⭐ 6.2/10 (4 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 14

Last Episode

Name: Back to the Movement, 1979-mid 1980s

Season: 2, Episode: 8

Air Date: 1990-03-05

Runtime: 60 min

Power and powerlessness. Miami's black community -- pummeled by urban renewal, a lack of jobs, and police harassment -- explodes in rioting. But in Chicago, an unprecedented grassroots movement triumphs. Frustrated by decades of unfulfilled promises made by the city's Democratic political machine, reformers install Harold Washington as Chicago's first black mayor.

Videos

Eyes On The Prize (trailer) (YouTube)

Eyes on the Prize

1987 2 seasons 14 episodes ⭐ 6.2/10 4 votes

Overview

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 reverberation continue to be felt today.