Eyes on the Prize Awakenings: 1954-1956 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 57 min | Documentary, History

Eyes on the Prize

Awakenings: 1954-1956 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 57 min | Documentary, History

The beginnings of the U.S. Civil rights struggle is profiled, including the Emmett Till murder trial and the Rosa Parks arrest/Montgomery bus boycott.

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38 cast members

Name	Known for
Ralph Abernathy Self (as Rev. Ralph Abernathy) Self (as Rev. Ralph Abernathy) See fewer	I Am Somebody (1970)
Joe Azbell Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Frances Belser Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Unita Blackwell Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Julian Bond Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Greased Lightning (1977)
Roy Bryant Self - Accused Murderer of Emmett Till (archive footage) Self - Accused Murderer of Emmett Till (archive footage) See fewer
Charles C. Diggs Jr. Self (as Representative Charles Diggs) Self (as Representative Charles Diggs) See fewer	Nationtime (1972)
Virginia Durr Self Self See fewer	Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (1989)
James Eastland Self (archive footage) (as James Eastland) Self (archive footage) (as James Eastland) See fewer	The Mike Wallace Interview (1957)
Sam Engelhardt Self (archive footage) (as State Senator Sam Engelhardt) Self (archive footage) (as State Senator Sam Engelhardt) See fewer
Georgia Gilmore Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Ernest Green Self Self See fewer	Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
Fannie Lou Hamer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fannie (2022)
James Hicks Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
William Bradford Huie Self Self See fewer	The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Curtis Jones Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Donie Jones Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Coretta Scott King Self Self See fewer	I Am Somebody (1970)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) (as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.) Self (archive footage) (as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Rufus Lewis Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
J.W. Milam Self - Accused Murderer of Emmett Till (archive footage) Self - Accused Murderer of Emmett Till (archive footage) See fewer
Mamie Till Mobley Self - Mother of Emmett Till (archive footage) (as Mamie Till Bradley) Self - Mother of Emmett Till (archive footage) (as Mamie Till Bradley) See fewer	Women of the Movement (2022)
Amzie Moore Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Constance Baker Motley Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
E.D. Nixon Self Self See fewer	Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle (1982)
Rosa Parks Self Self See fewer	Touched by an Angel (1994)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Howard K. Smith (1962)
Jo Ann Robinson Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Clyde Sellers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth Self (as Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth) Self (as Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth) See fewer	I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)
H. Clarence Strider Self (archive footage) (as Sheriff H.C. Strider) Self (archive footage) (as Sheriff H.C. Strider) See fewer
Emmett Till Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
C.T. Vivian Self (as Rev. C.T. Vivian) Self (as Rev. C.T. Vivian) See fewer	Being Mary Jane (2013)
Alice Walker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Thomas Waring Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Roy Wilkins Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Black Journal (1968)
Charles Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Mose Wright Self - Uncle of Emmett Till (archive footage) Self - Uncle of Emmett Till (archive footage) See fewer