

American Experience
Eyes on the Prize (9 & 10): Power!/The Promised Land
TV-PG
S20 • E5 Feb 9, 2008 55mThe call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins election as the first black mayor of a major American city. The Black Panther Party, armed with law books, breakfast programs, and guns, is born in Oakland. Substandard teaching practices prompt parents to gain educational control of a Brooklyn school district but then lead them to a showdown with New York City's teachers' union.