Eyes on the Prize

Season 1, Episode 2: Fighting Back, 1957-1962

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States' rights loyalists and federal authorities collide in the 1957 battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High School, and again in James Meredith's 1962 challenge to segregation at the University of Mississippi. Both times, a Southern governor squares off with a U.S. president, violence erupts -- and integration is carried out.

All Episodes - Season 1

Awakenings, 1954-1956
Episode 1
Awakenings, 1954-1956
 Fighting Back, 1957-1962
Episode 2
Fighting Back, 1957-1962
 Ain't Scared of Your Jails, 1960-1961
Episode 3
Ain't Scared of Your Jails, 1960-1961
 No Easy Walk, 1962-1966
Episode 4
No Easy Walk, 1962-1966
 Mississippi, Is This America, 1962-1964
Episode 5
Mississippi, Is This America, 1962-1964
 Bridge to Freedom, 1965
Episode 6
Bridge to Freedom, 1965
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