Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest
A propulsive narrative chronicling the fight for racial justice in America, from Obama's election to Black Lives Matter, highlighting the heroic individuals who sparked change.
Episodes
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E1 · America, Don't Look Away (1977-1988)
Chronicles community activists in New York's South Bronx and Philadelphia fighting for fair housing and healthcare at the tail end of the Carter administration and through the rise of Reaganomics and the AIDS crisis.
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E2 · Trapped (1989-1995)
Documents the criminal justice system profiling public defenders in Washington D.C. and local organizers in South Central Los Angeles who sound the alarm about institutional structures and policies that disproportionately affect the Black community.
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E3 · Million Man March (1995)
Chronicles the controversy and community inspired by the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C. that came to be a transformative experience for many of the men who traveled in from around the nation to participate.
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E4 · Spoil the Vine (1982-2011)
Explores the growing environmental justice movement as local activists in West Virginia and Florida fight threats to their communities' health and survival.
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E5 · We Don't See Color (1996-2013)
Explores the complexities of affirmative action policies and how a changing demographic landscape affected school desegregation in new ways.
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E6 · What Comes After Hope? (2008-2015)
Chronicles the years of America's first Black president, when, despite hope for significant societal change, police brutality soared and a new movement under the banner #BlackLivesMatter emerged.
