The first two parts of Henry Hampton’s landmark series “Eyes on the Prize” are a methodical accounting of the birth and early strides of the Civil Rights Movement. Part I aired in 1987 and walked through the seminal events between 1954 and 1965 that launched the struggle.
Part II followed the icons of the movement, including Malcolm X, Muhammed Ali and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as looking at the efforts of the Poor People’s Campaign, the Black Panthers and Fred Hampton’s role and assassination – figures and groups that have since been chronicled in scripted films and many documentaries.
