Summary Of The Film Eyes On The Prize: Two Societies

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Part A The film Eyes on the Prize: Two Societies describes the campaign to end a society in which whites and blacks were kept separate in public spaces such as schools, buses, elections, and general society, emphasizing the fight against decades of discrimination and segregation. Some key points were Chicago’s nonviolent struggle against segregated housing to support Chicago’s civil rights leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC expanding their efforts to the North. The film “Eyes on the Prize: Two Societies” states, “We are trying to conduct a nonviolent movement here in Chicago, and we are going on with that program. But we need support, and there's no point in the power structure and anybody else saying that because we are peacefully …show more content…

urged sanitation workers in Memphis to support him in his fight for freedom and justice. He shares his emotions with others to motivate his people to demand justice from the opposing ethnic group. The main goal was to inspire the individuals who work in sanitation to fight for equal rights and what they are entitled to. The article states, “So in Memphis, we have begun. We are saying, ‘Now is the time’. I got the word across to everybody in power this time in this town that it is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to make an adequate income a reality for all of God’s children; now is the time for city hall to take a position for that which is just and honest. Now is the time justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. Now is the time.’” (Sanitation Workers Skiring in Memphis page 2). The most significant event was Memphis's rejection; he saw something wrong with the world and tried to fix it. He made his statement to inspire the audience to fight for equitable treatment and rights because of this. The article demonstrates, “Now the problem isn’t just unemployment. Did you know that most of the poor people in our country are working every day? They are making wages so low that they cannot begin to function in the mainstream of the economic life of our nation. They are making wages so low that they cannot begin to function in the mainstream of the economic life of our nation. And it is criminal to have people working full-time and a full-time job getting part-time income.” (Sanitation Workers Skiring in Memphis page 1). It's common knowledge in the world that widespread unemployment among the African American community is referred to as a societal

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