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Eyes on the Prize II (1988-10-17)

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About this film

Interview with Roger Wilkins conducted for Eyes on the Prize II. Discussion centers on his experiences during the rebellion and civil unrest known as the Detroit riots of 1967, the Vietnam War, the nonviolence movement in Chicago, Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson and Malcolm X. This interview also appeared in Malcolm X: Make It Plain.

Directors & creators

Blackside, Inc.

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young, Chicago Freedom Movement, Civil Rights Movement, Nonviolence, Illinois National Guard, Chicago, Illinois, Urban unrest, Street gangs, John Doar, Presidential emissaries, Social justice, Race relations, 1960s, African American history, Housing conditions, Nonviolent resistance, Leadership, Poverty, Community organizing, Lyndon B. Johnson administration, Urban poverty, Activism, Youth engagement, Riots

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