American Experience S20E3 — Eyes on the Prize (7 & 8): The Time Has Come/Two Societies

7.5

American Experience•Season 20•Episode 3

Eyes on the Prize (7 & 8): The Time Has Come/Two Societies

7.5/10 · 24 votesFeb 3, 200855 min

Ranked #3 of 14 in Season 20•+0.3 vs season avg

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After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the civil rights movement: the insistent call for power. Malcolm X takes an eloquent nationalism to urban streets as a younger generation of black leaders listens. In the South, Stokely Carmichael and the

Directed bySam Pollard

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Season 20 Episodes14

E1 6.6

Oswald's Ghost

E2 7.7

The Lobotomist

E3 7.5Now viewing

Eyes on the Prize (7 & 8): The Time Has Come/Two Societies

E4 7.4

Grand Central

E5 7.4

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

E6 7.5

Eyes on the Prize (11 & 12): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law?

E7 7.0

Eyes on the Prize (13 & 14): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement

E8 7.4

Kit Carson

E9 6.9

Buffalo Bill

E10 6.3

Minik: The Lost Eskimo

Walt Whitman

Roberto Clemente

George H.W. Bush (1)

George H.W. Bush (2)

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Sam Pollard

Director

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Episode Summary

"Eyes on the Prize (7 & 8): The Time Has Come/Two Societies" is episode 3 of American Experience season 20. It scored 7.5/10 from 24 votes, ranking #3 of 14 episodes this season (season average 7.2). Directed by Sam Pollard, it aired on February 3, 2008.

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