eye on the prize two

"EYES ON THE PRIZE II" "Two Societies" This program combines the controversy of a non violent movement verses a movement with more force, and the discovery that the American nation is separating into two societies: "White and Black, Separate and Unequal." Martin Luther King decided to take his movement North and chose Chicago as his fighting grounds. He met much resistance from a powerful government (mayor Daily) who was out to show King that he …

…United States, and it was the federal government's first official document that said racism existed and was a problem. The Kerner Commission found that America was becoming "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal." President Lyndon Johnson, who appointed the commission, ignored the report. This program focused on the underlying reasons that Black Americans were so frustrated and presented that to the viewer in a logical manner that was both informative and interesting.