572 photographs: black and white; (36) 4x5 in., (1) 6 1/2 x 9 in., (1) 6 1/4 x 9 5/8 in., (7) 7x9 in., (452) 8x10 in., (1) 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in., (1) 10 x 13 in., (18) 11 x 14 in., (18) 16 x 20 in., color; (36) 3x5 in., (1) 5x7 in., (1) 8X10 in., (1)  6.75 x 10 in., (1) 13.5 x 20 in. 
85 negatives: black and white; (77) 4x5 in., color; (2) 4x5 in., (7) 35mm strips 
3 slides: black and white; (3) 2x2 in.

Photos gathered for the series "Eyes on the Prize." 

Photos show people and events from the Civil Rights Movement from 1955-1965. Includes photos of Emmett Till and participants from the trial surrounding Emmett Till's murder, photos of lynching and hate crimes, photos show events surrounding the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, the Little Rock school integration crisis of 1957, the Albany Movement, Civil Rights activists and protestors, Birmingham, Alabama, Selma, Alabama and the events surrounding the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March and Bloody Sunday, the University of Mississippi, Freedom Summer, the Freedom Rides, the Voting Rights Act, voter registration in Lowndes County,  the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and the 1968 Democratic National Convention. 

Also contains portraits of Civil Rights era figures including Martin Luther King, Jr. and associates, Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer, Medgar Evers, Myrlie Evers, Bayard Rustin, John Lewis, Rosa Parks, Virginia Durr, Joseph DeLaine, Z. Alexander Looby, Thurgood Marshall, Diane Nash, Jo Ann Robinson, the Little Rock Nine students, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee members, Robert Kennedy, and other portraits of participants from the Civil Rights era. Also contains stock photographs used in the promotion of the series "Eyes on the Prize," including photos from press kits, promotional photos, and miscellaneous photos relating to the promotion of the series. 

Of special interest are a group of photographs of a young Martin Luther King, Jr. and associates during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Also includes photographs relating to the Blackside book, "Voices of Freedom," portraits of Julian Bond, Juan Williams, and promotional photos used for "Eyes on the Prize."