Recent Interview Use

The 183 interviews from the second series of Eyes on the Prize are a valuable historical resource. They cover an ear in American history that helps explain the country's ongoing struggles with racial justice. Interviews from the series have been reused in a variety of documentary films, television programs, podcasts and books.

A few of the programs and books are listed below with the interviews utilized by their associated creators.  

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (Yoruba Richen, 2020)

Harry Belafonte

 

Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground (Sophia Nahli Allison, 2021, HBO Max)

Laverne Barkley

Elaine Brown

Stokely Carmichael

Angela Davis

Jim Ingram

Floyd McKissick

Huey Newton

Ruby Sales

Ronald Scott

Bobby Seale

 

The New Civil Rights Movement Reader: Resistance, Resilience, and Justice by Traci Parker and Marcia Walker-McWilliams (University of Massachusetts Press, fourthcoming)

Bobby Seale

Maynard Jackson

Elaine Brown

 

Judas and the Black Messiah (Shaka King, 2020)

William O’Neal

 

Judas and the Black Messiah podcast (99% Invisible, 2021)

William O’Neal

 

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (Keith McQuirter, 2020)

Harry Belafonte

Sonia Sanchez

 

The Sun Rises in the East (Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa, fourthcoming in 2022)

Jitu Weusi