Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi Reflects on MPB Television

( Jackson , Miss.) - Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) presents Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi Reflects , a local civil rights program airing Monday, October 16 th , at 10:00 p.m., following the final episode of the national broadcast Eyes on the Prize series.

All eyes will be on Mississippi 's past, present and future, as many Mississippians come together at the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center in Jackson to focus on the beginning of the civil rights movement and beyond.

Tune in as moderator Owen Brooks, researcher and historian for the Smith Robertson Museum , and audience members pose questions regarding related civil rights history and views to panelists Gene Young, Hollis Watkins, Constance Slaughter Harvey, former Mississippi Governor William F. Winter, Leslie McLemore and the Rev. Ed King.

For more information and to view photos taken during the filming of Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi Reflects , visit www.mpbonline.org .

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October 11, 2006	601.432.6683
MPB airs Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi Reflects
( Jackson , Miss.) - Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) presents *Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi Reflects* , a local civil rights program airing Monday, October 16 th , at 10:00 p.m., following the final episode of the national broadcast Eyes on the Prize series. All eyes will be on Mississippi 's past, present and future, as many Mississippians come together at the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center in Jackson to focus on the beginning of the civil rights movement and beyond. Tune in as moderator Owen Brooks, researcher and historian for the Smith Robertson Museum , and audience members pose questions regarding related civil rights history and views to panelists Gene Young, Hollis Watkins, Constance Slaughter Harvey, former Mississippi Governor William F. Winter, Leslie McLemore and the Rev. Ed King. For more information and to view photos taken during the filming of *Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi Reflects* , visit www.mpbonline.org .