Henry Hampton, who died in 1998, was the creator and executive producer of Eyes on the Prize, one of more than 40 film projects he developed with his company Blackside, Inc., the largest African-American-owned film production company of its time. Hampton became one of the world's most respected documentary filmmakers as he chronicled the 20th century's great political and social movements, focusing on the lives of the poor and disenfranchised.

Steve Fayer was the series writer for Eyes on the Prize.

"Something much greater than the sum if its parts, a taut and vivid narrative on an epic scale--compelling--marvelously diverse."-- Los Angeles Times

"A vast choral pageant that recounts the momentous work of the civil rights struggle."--The New York Times Book Review

"Utterly fascinating. Voices of Freedom tells the greatest American story ever told. These voices are extraordinary. So is the book."-- Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides

"Through the words of the victims, the villains, and the victorious, who together changed the course of America's sadly racist history. Voices of Freedom gives us the opportunity to glimpse the shining spirits of our heroic people, black and white, female and male, often through chuckles and often through tears."--Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Pub date: 1991-02-01

Length: 720 pages