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Henry Hampton (August 19, 1940-November 22, 1998) was the founder of film production company Blackside Inc. where he produced “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years”, 1954-1965, and “Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads” 1965 to mid 1980s. Hampton’s production company made eight other PBS documentary series on diverse subjects: “The Great Depression”, 1993, “Malcolm X: Make It Plain”, 1994, “America’s War on Poverty”, 1995, “Breakthrough: The Changing Face of Science in America”, 1997, “Hopes on the Horizon”, 1997 and “I’ll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American Arts”, 1999.

His film archive is held by alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis.

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