The documentary “Eyes on the Prize” addressed the social injustices African Americans had to endure throughout the middle-late 1900’s. Each of the eight chapters focuses on the people whose challenge to segregation moved through successive stages. All of the african american protests , stories and injustice are included like the the student sit-ins, the Freedom Riders, the arrests in Albany, Georgia, the beatings and police dogs in Birmingham, the march on Washington in 1963, Freedom Summer in Mississippi in 1964, and that bloody bridge in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. “Eyes on the Prize” presented the struggle to gain freedom in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
The documentary included the sit-ins which were created as a nonviolent protest. The sit-ins and marches resulted in a string of arrests, including the arrest of …show more content…
The Freedom Riders, who were recruited by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a U.S. civil rights group, departed from Washington, D.C., and attempted to integrate facilities at bus terminals along the way into the Deep South. African-American Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters, and vice versa. The group encountered tremendous violence from white protestors along the route, but also drew international attention to their cause. Over the next few months, several hundred Freedom Riders engaged in similar actions. The actions of the freedom riders were brave and deserved to be commemorated. Without people like them the advancement of colored people maybe would’ve never happened It depressing to see how people could go against such a thing. I don't know why people would want to enslave another race just because they are different. The Freedom Riders shpwed how affected non-violence protest could
The documentary included the sit-ins which were created as a nonviolent protest. The sit-ins and marches resulted in a string of arrests, including the arrest of …show more content…
The Freedom Riders, who were recruited by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a U.S. civil rights group, departed from Washington, D.C., and attempted to integrate facilities at bus terminals along the way into the Deep South. African-American Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters, and vice versa. The group encountered tremendous violence from white protestors along the route, but also drew international attention to their cause. Over the next few months, several hundred Freedom Riders engaged in similar actions. The actions of the freedom riders were brave and deserved to be commemorated. Without people like them the advancement of colored people maybe would’ve never happened It depressing to see how people could go against such a thing. I don't know why people would want to enslave another race just because they are different. The Freedom Riders shpwed how affected non-violence protest could