Henry Hampton and Steve Fayer draw upon nearly one thousand interviews with civil rights activists, politicians, reporters, Justice Department officials, and hundreds of ordinary people who took part in the struggle, weaving a fascinating narrative of the Civil Rights Movement told by the people who lived it.

“An excellent example of solid oral history of a key movement in American history…. A fine work for students of oral history, African-American history, and American social history.”
--Professor Andrew F. Clark, History, University of North Carolina-Wilmington

“Something much greater than the sum of its parts.”–Los Angeles Times

 
Henry Hampton was creator and executive producer of the acclaimed PBS series Eyes on the Prize. Steve Fayer was series writer.