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Luther King Jr.'s stand against the war in Vietnam causes controversy; King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference seek to draw national attention to poverty and hunger; King's non-violence approach is challenged during a garbage workers' strike in Memphis; and the movement continues even after King's and Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assissinations.
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The Watts riot and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s push for non-violence. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference establishes operations in Chicago, attempting to expand employment, educational and housing opportunities to the city's blacks. A raid in Detroit concludes five days after it begins with 43 people dead.
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Eyes on the prize II volume program 8
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English
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Examines two cities, one in the south, the other in the north. In Miami, Florida, viewers witness the destruction of a black community. In the North, we see how Harold Washington gets elected as Chicago's first black mayor.
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Eyes on the prize II volume program 7
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English
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Examines the relationship between law and popular struggle. In Boston, black parents organized to improve their children's education. In Atlanta, Mayor Maynard Jackson, the city's first black mayor, tries to guarantee black involvement in the construction of Atlanta's airport.
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