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Using the Interactive Map
The interactive map identifies some of the places where civil rights history was made. Like the timeline, it only includes locations discussed by interviewees and that appear in the first installment of Hampton's series. Here you will find cities, like Birmingham, Alabama, a locus of civil rights activism; rural areas, like the town of Money, Mississippi; and specific sites, such as the University of Mississippi, where a deadly riot broke out in response to James Meredith's efforts to enroll there.
To find Eyes on the Prize interviews pertinent to a specific place, navigate to it on the map or conduct a search in the “Search by Place” box in the top left corner of the map. Once you narrow in to a location of interest, click the “Expand Gallery” icon in the bottom right corner of the map to select interviews in which that place is discussed. Click on an interview record to see a description of the place that notes its significance for the Civil Rights Movement, and below the description you can click the link to view the interview on the AAPB website.
