Open to all UCF faculty, staff, and students
Must attend all six episodes to receive a completion certificate.
Episodes 1 & 2
Course number: DIV362
Friday, August 31 from 1:30pm-4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Episodes 3 & 4
Course number: DIV363
Friday, September 14 from 1:30pm-4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Episodes 5 & 6
Course number: DIV364
Friday, October 12 from 1:30pm-4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years tells 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 reverberations continue to be felt today. The six episodes in this series cover all of the major events in the civil rights movement from 1954-1965.
Episodes include:
Awakenings (1954-1956)
Fighting Back (1957-1962)
Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)
No Easy Walk (1961-1963)
Mississippi: Is This America? (1962-1964)
Bridge to Freedom (1965)
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