Ranked #6 of 6 in Season 1•−1.6 vs season avg
Individual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
Julian Bond
Self - Narrator (voice)
Judith Vecchione
Director
Jo Ann Mathieu
Production Manager
Judith Vecchione
Writer
Judith Vecchione
Producer
Llewellyn M. Smith
Associate Producer
Daniel Eisenberg
Editor
Victoria Garvin
Assistant Editor
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"Awakenings, 1954-1956" is episode 1 of Eyes on the Prize season 1. It scored 6.4/10 from 27 votes, ranking #6 of 6 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Judith Vecchione and written by Judith Vecchione, it aired on January 21, 1987.
