True south : Henry Hampton and Eyes on the prize, the landmark television series that reframed the civil rights movement / Jon Else.

Presents the inside story of the making of one of the most important and influential TV shows in history and of its legacy as the film that reframed the entire history of the Civil Rights movement permanently. "In January 1987, people across America were riveted by a startling new television series...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Else, Jon, 1944- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, New York : Viking, [2017]
Subjects:	Eyes on the prize (Television program) Hampton, Henry, > 1940-1998 > Criticism and interpretation. Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century. African Americans on television. Race relations on television. United States > Race relations. HISTORY > African American. HISTORY > United States > 20th Century. PERFORMING ARTS > Television > History & Criticism. Civil rights movement > United States > History > 20th century. Television programs > United States. Television programs > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century. Race relations > History.
Physical Description:	404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:	Henry Hampton and Eyes on the prize, the landmark television series that reframed the civil rights movement
Format:	Book

Contents:

Cave painting: 1940-67
Racism is like a loaded gun: 1968-78
America, we loved you madly: 1978-82
Last visionary standing: 1983-85
The revolution will be televised: 1985
Mother ship
Not the other man's county: fall 1985
On the road: 1985-86
Mississippi goddamn: 1963, 1964, 1985
Crossroads: 1964
Emmett Till's hometown: winter 1985
Hunter-gatherers: winter 1985-86
True south?
Messy history: 1986
The Selma show: 1986
It's our flag too: 1986
A great story
A great healing machine: 1987
Will the circle be unbroken: 1998
Freedom is a constant struggle: 1998-2016
Epilogue.