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Fighting Back, 1957-1962
January 28, 1987
60 min
America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1965 - Episode 2: Fighting Back, 1957-1962
00:00 / 45:00
Overview
States' rights loyalists and federal authorities collide in the 1957 battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High School, and again in James Meredith's 1962 challenge to segregation at the University of Mississippi. Both times, a Southern governor squares off with a U.S. president, violence erupts -- and integration is carried out.
Episode Information
TV Show
Eyes on the Prize
Season
America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1965
Episode Number
2
Air Date
January 28, 1987
Runtime
60 minutes
Crew
J
Judith Vecchione
Director
J
Judith Vecchione
Producer
J
Jo Ann Mathieu
Production Manager
L
Llewellyn M. Smith
Associate Producer
D
Daniel Eisenberg
Editor
V
Victoria Garvin
Assistant Editor