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Eyes on the Prize II (1988-12-15)
About this film
Interview with Senator John Lewis conducted for Eyes on the Prize II. Discussion centers on a SNCC trip to Africa and meeting Malcolm X there, his admiration for Malcolm X and his disagreements with his separatist ideas, the relationship between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis' removal as SNCC chair and replacement by Stokely Carmichael, and his decision to leave SNCC. This interview also appeared in Malcolm X: Make It Plain.
Directors & creators
Blackside, Inc.
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), March on Washington, Nonviolence, African Independence, John Lewis, Black Leadership, Voting Rights, Pan-Africanism, Beloved Community, Social Activism, Southern United States, Interracial Democracy, West Africa, East Africa, Student Protest, Race Relations, Ghana, Guinea, Zambia, Democracy
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