Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today.
| Title | Downloads | D2 | Time | Description | ||
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| 1. | Awakenings: 1954-1956 | Get Subtitle | Mirror 2 | 56:21 | A look at the events in post-World War II America that led to the civil rights protests and marches. The program depicts Southern race discrimination that prevailed at the beginning of the civil rights movement's activities. | 2. | Fighting Back: 1957-1962 | Get Subtitle | Mirror 2 | 56:38 | Looking at the law as a tool both for change and resistance to change, particularly as it relates to education, this episode covers the years 1949-1963. | 3. | Ain't Scared of Your Jails: 1960-1961 | Get Subtitle | Mirror 2 | 56:39 | Beginning in 1960, young people on Black college campuses took a more active role in the civil rights movement's leadership and determined their own methods of promoting change. | 4. | No Easy Walk: 1961-1963 | Get Subtitle | Mirror 2 | 56:30 | This episode depicts major civil rights movement events in three American cities. | 5. | Mississippi: Is This America?: 1963-1964 | Get Subtitle | Mirror 2 | 58:46 | Starting in 1961, Mississippi became a testing ground of constitutional principles and of the human spirit, as the civil rights movement concentrated its energies on the right to vote. | 6. | Bridge to Freedom: 1965 | Get Subtitle | Mirror 2 | 56:41 | Ten years after the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, the civil rights leadership has become more sophisticated in its use of protest strategy. |
First of all, you will need to download the Eyes On the Prize videos.
You can do so on either
iTunes or Amazon Prime
When you are done downloading the Videos, follow the processes below to Add the subtitle file to your Eyes On the Prize videos
You can get the .Srt subtitle files for each episode in Eyes On the Prize by following the "Get Subtitle" Link beside every Episode above. You will be taken to a page where you can now select the appropriate subtitle file for your downloaded episode.
Alternatively, you can use the "Mirror 2" link if the first does not work for you!
To Add Subtitle files to your VLC Player, follow these steps accordingly:
1. Move the subtitle file into the same folder as your video file.
2. Rename the subtitle file with exactly the same name as your video file, so you have two files like this: Eyes On the Prize_Episode_1.avi and Eyes On the Prize_Episode_1.srt.
3. Play your video in VLC. You should now see subtitles appear over your movie. If you don’t, double check the .srt file is correctly named, then close and restart VLC before playing again..
1. Download the .srt file from above.
2. Upload your video to YouTube. When configuring your upload, click “Captions”.
3. Click “Add a Caption Track” and browse to select your .srt file.
4. Select the language from the drop-down, and make sure “Caption file” is selected, not “Transcript file”.
5. Upload the .srt file.
6. Done!
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7. Clicking the “CC” icon in the YouTube player turns the subtitles on.
8. This method also works to watch a Youtube video (not uploaded by you) with subtitles
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