A multi-day institute held for educators in Boston focused on teaching American civil rights history in the classroom.  According to the welcome packet, one of the goals of the institute was to facilitate "building a network, and a movement, of people, who, through Eyes on the Prize, can look forthrightly, without getting demoralized, at the distance between America's promise of equality and the reality of the way the U.S. does business."

The recorded multi-day institute proceedings have been separated into specific presentations and group discussions as follows:

"The Mid-Twentieth Century Context of the Movement." After a group discussion on the significance of EYES I   & II, Professor Gerald Gill of Tufts delivers a lecture on the often-overlooked history of civil rights work from ’45 to ’54, followed by a question and answer session.

"Using 'Voices of Freedom' Discussion" and "How School Systems are Approaching Eyes I & II: the North Carolina Story."  Includes group discussion led by Judy Richardson, a group reading of quotes from participants of the desegregation of Little Rock High School, small group discussions followed by a reporting back to the assembled group.  Ends with a presentation by conference attendee Joseph Webb on History education in his native North Carolina.

"Eyes I and Eyes II Producers Panel" Judy Richardson, Paul Jeffrey Stekler, and Madison Davis Lacy  discuss working on Eyes on the Prize I and Eyes on the Prize II. They also answer questions from the audience. 

"White Privilege." Leslie Harris leads discussion of a New York Times opinion piece by Julian Bond regarding White responses to the civil rights movement. Group reading of Peggy McIntosh's "White Privilege" esssay.

"Morning Discussion" is of a group discussion of affirmative action which turns contentious on the subject of the Boston Teacher's Union. "Placing the Kennedy-Hawkins Bill in Context," attorney Ozell Hudson from the  Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association.discusses a number of Supreme Court decisions which have racial consequences.

African Meeting House Event.  Larry Watson lectures on "Good News-Bad Times." Gospel music performance by  Larry Watson & Ensemble and poetry readings by Jackie Warren-Moore.

"Coalition Building Today" and  "Resources for Educators." Session begins with a group discussion of personal experiences and emotions surrounding racism. Then, Dr, Jacqueline Fields from NECEA/The Network and Phredd Matthews-Wall from Facing History and Ourselves inform the assembled teachers about resources available to them. Jack Mendelsohn, President of The Civil Rights Project, Inc. tallks about the hopes of ensuring the archive of material created and gathered by Blackside, Inc. would be accessible in the future.