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Monday, September 25, 2006
Eyes on the Prize
Ten years since it last aired, “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965,” the award winning documentary on the civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s, will return to public television this fall. To promote its return and to inspire students and other young people, Campus Progress, National Black Programming Consortium, and the Public Broadcasting Service will screen the episode “Ain’t Scared of Your Jails,” which focuses on student activism and leadership.
Immediately following the screening there will be a panel discussion on the episode and its lessons for civil rights today in the United States featuring journalist and professor Roger Wilkins, professor Peter B. Edelman, filmmaker Orlando Bagwell, and student activist and filmmaker Asha Jennings.
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