Eyes on the Prize (9 & 10): Power!/The Promised Land

The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins election as the first black mayor of a major American city. The Black Panther Party, armed with law books, breakfast programs, and guns, is born in Oakland. Substandard teaching practices prompt parents to gain educational control of a Brooklyn school district but then lead them to a showdown with New York City's teachers' union.

Season 20

All episodes

E1Oswald's Ghost55 minE2The Lobotomist55 minE3Eyes on the Prize (7 & 8): The Time Has Come/Two Societies55 minE4Grand Central55 minE5Eyes on the Prize (9 & 10): Power!/The Promised Land55 minE6Eyes on the Prize (11 & 12): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law?55 minE7Eyes on the Prize (13 & 14): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement55 minE8Kit Carson55 minE9Buffalo Bill55 min

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