A Nation of Law? 1968-1971
Black activism is increasingly met with a sometimes violent and unethical response from local and federal law enforcement agencies. In Chicago, two Black Panther Party leaders are killed in a pre-dawn raid by police acting on information supplied by an FBI informant. In the wake of President Nixon&#...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2014], c1994.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (75 min.) : sd., col. |
| Series: |
America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985.
Eyes on the Prize ; America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985. |
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Table of Contents:
- Black Panther Party (1:44)
- FBI Surveillance (1:46)
- "Power to the People" (3:46)
- Discrediting the Black Panther Party (3:49)
- Greatest Threat to the U.S. (3:45)
- Police Action Against the Panthers (4:04)
- Controversy Over Hampton's Death (4:44)
- Witness to the Injustice (4:16)
- Hampton Investigation (1:46)
- Judicial Oppression (3:09)
- Attica State Prison Riot (3:19)
- Attica Negotiations (4:50)
- Negotiations Break Down (1:58)
- Call for Unity (2:14)
- Retaking Attica (2:55)
- Inmates Surrender (2:12)
- 39 Killed at Attica (1:52)
- Law and Order (2:11)
- Credits: A Nation of Law? 1968-1971: Eyes on the Prize-America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985 (2:16)
- Personal Remembrances: Henry Hampton (1:18)
- Inspiration (1:29)
- Kids My Age (2:05)
- Morality Play (1:04)
- I Was There (1:46)
- Out of the South (1:10)
- Black Power (1:42)
- Assassinations (0:52)
- Truth and Heroes (0:49)
- Transformation (1:05)
- Surveillance (0:43)
- Making History (0:44)
- Legacy (1:22)