1965CIVIL RIGHTS
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. JULY 28-29, 1965
MLK MAKES SPEECH AT ARENA IN CLEVELAND.
TALKS ABOUT BEING THROWN BEHIND AND TO EXCEL AT WHAT ONE CHOOSES TO. DOORS OPEN TO THINGS THAT WERE NOT OPEN TO PARENTS. "SET OUT TO DO IT WELL. DILEMMA AND CHALLENGE AHEAD. DON'T SET OUT TO BE GOOD NEGRO, YOU HAVE ALREADY FAILED AT INTEGRATION. SET OUT TO DO IT WELL. BE THE BEST AT WHATEVER YOU ARE. BE THE BEST STREET SWEEPER. ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE. DEVELOP AT GRAND ALLIANCE, COALITION OF CONSCIENCE. NEGROES AND WHITES WORKING TOGETHER. CAN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM ALONE. SHARE SOME OF THE PIE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE".
MLK BEING INTERVIEWED BY MOB OF REPORTERS. LOCAL LEADERSHIP. ASKS WHAT THE CHICAGO MARCH ACHIEVED. WIDE SHOT FOOTAGE OF AUDIENCE IN ARENA LISTENING TO DR. KING'S SPEECH. CU BLACK PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LISTEN TO SPEECH. HANDING OUT COLLECTION BOX. WEARING "STOKES FOR MAYOR" TAGS. WHITE MALE BIGOTS PROTESTING DR. KING'S APPEARANCE. LOBBY OF THEATER. BLACK POLICEMAN WATCHES PROTESTERS WITH PLACARDS. "FORCED INTEGRATION IS WRONG". OLD LADIES WITH SIGNS ABOUT KING'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. YOUNG WHITE CITIZENS COUNCIL. CLAIM KING IS A COMMUNIST. BLACKS WATCH RACISTS. BLACK MAN SMOKES PIPE. BLACK WOMEN AND MEN GET OFF OF CITY BUS IN FRONT OF PROTESTERS.
MLK MAKES SPEECH AT ARENA IN CLEVELAND.
TALKS ABOUT BEING THROWN BEHIND AND TO EXCEL AT WHAT ONE CHOOSES TO. DOORS OPEN TO THINGS THAT WERE NOT OPEN TO PARENTS. "SET OUT TO DO IT WELL. DILEMMA AND CHALLENGE AHEAD. DON'T SET OUT TO BE GOOD NEGRO, YOU HAVE ALREADY FAILED AT INTEGRATION. SET OUT TO DO IT WELL. BE THE BEST AT WHATEVER YOU ARE. BE THE BEST STREET SWEEPER. ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE. DEVELOP AT GRAND ALLIANCE, COALITION OF CONSCIENCE. NEGROES AND WHITES WORKING TOGETHER. CAN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM ALONE. SHARE SOME OF THE PIE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE".
MLK BEING INTERVIEWED BY MOB OF REPORTERS. LOCAL LEADERSHIP. ASKS WHAT THE CHICAGO MARCH ACHIEVED. WIDE SHOT FOOTAGE OF AUDIENCE IN ARENA LISTENING TO DR. KING'S SPEECH. CU BLACK PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LISTEN TO SPEECH. HANDING OUT COLLECTION BOX. WEARING "STOKES FOR MAYOR" TAGS. WHITE MALE BIGOTS PROTESTING DR. KING'S APPEARANCE. LOBBY OF THEATER. BLACK POLICEMAN WATCHES PROTESTERS WITH PLACARDS. "FORCED INTEGRATION IS WRONG". OLD LADIES WITH SIGNS ABOUT KING'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. YOUNG WHITE CITIZENS COUNCIL. CLAIM KING IS A COMMUNIST. BLACKS WATCH RACISTS. BLACK MAN SMOKES PIPE. BLACK WOMEN AND MEN GET OFF OF CITY BUS IN FRONT OF PROTESTERS.
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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. JULY 1965 INSPIRATIONAL, MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH AT AN ARENA IN CLEVELAND. HE TALKS ABOUT GOING "ALL OUT TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE". HE TALKS ABOUT HAVING A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED, BUT WE "MUST GO ALL OUT AND SOMEHOW DEVELOP OUR RESOURCES" EVEN IF WE HAVE TO BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL.
"NEW DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY ARE OPENING NOW, THAT WERE NOT OPEN TO OUR MOTHERS AND OUR FATHERS. THE GREAT CHALLENGE FACING US IS TO BE READY TO ENTER THESE DOORS AS THEY OPEN..." |
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MLK CONTINUING SPEECH, HE PREACHES, "WORK HARD IN ORDER TO MEET THE CHALLENGE AHEAD. HE SAYS TO DEVELOP DEDICATION AND DO YOUR LIFE'S WORK AS GOOD AS YOU CAN. DON'T SET OUT TO BE MERELY A GOOD NEGRO DOCTOR, LAWYER, PREACHER, ETC. YOU HAVE ALL READY FLUNKED...." APPLAUSE.
"SET OUT TO DO A GOOD JOB AND TO DO IT SO WELL CAN DO IT ANY BETTER". BE THE ABSOLUTE BEST AT WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO. ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE IN OUR VARIOUS FIELDS OF ENDEAVOR" |
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DR. KING CONTINUES ENCOURAGING SPEECH. HE SAYS "WE NEED TO DEVELOP AN ALLIANCE IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WE FACE IN THIS COUNTRY, MADE UP OF LIBERALS AND INTELLECTUALS. NEGROES AND WHITES WORKING TOGETHER. THE NEGRO CANT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ALONE. " APPLAUSE.
MLK POINTS OUT TO AUDIENCE, "WE'RE GOING TO STAND RIGHT HERE AND SHARE SOME OF THE PIE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE..." |
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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SURROUNDED A BY MOB OF REPORTERS.
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CU MLK SPEAKING TO REPORTERS TALKS ABOUT LOCAL LEADERSHIP, HOW INTELLIGENT THEY ARE, AND TO BOAST ABOUT THEM AND LEND SUPPORT.
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MLK SPEAKS TO REPORTERS ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MARCH IN CHICAGO, HOW THE AFRICAN AMERICAN IS UNSATISFIED WITH THE CONDITIONS AND THAT THE MARCH PLACES THE ISSUE IN THE FOREFRONT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS.
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WIDE SHOT FOOTAGE OF AUDIENCE SEATED IN ARENA, LISTENING TO DR. KING'S SPEECH.
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B&W VAR AUDIENCE SHOTS FROM ARENA, 1965, AFRICAN AMERICANS, ALL AGES, LISTENING TO DR. KING
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MEMBERS OF AUDIENCE PASSING AROUND CARDBOARD COLLECTION BOX. YOUNG BLACK GIRL WEARING "STOKES FOR MAYOR" TAG ON BLOUSE
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WHITE 60'S MALE BIGOTS PROTESTING DR.KING'S APPEARANCE IN CHICAGO. HUGE PROTEST SIGN READING:
"KING INCITES FOLLOWERS TO DISOBEY THE LAW THEN IS AWARDED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE" |
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WHITE MALE HOLDS PROTEST SIGN "EQUALITY IS EARNED NOT FORCED, NAAWP..."
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PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE THEATER WATCHING PROTESTERS
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CLOSE UP BLACK POLICEMAN WATCHES PROTESTERS CARRYING PROTEST SIGNS IN FRONT OF THEATER
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CROWD OF WHITE MALE PROTESTERS CARRYING SIGNS WALKING ACROSS STREET TOWARD CAMERA. ARENA THEATER CAN BE SEEN I BKGD.
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OLD WHITE LADIES CARRYING SIGNS ABOUT KING'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
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AUDIENCE OF WHITE MEN AND WOMEN STANDING, APPLAUDING.
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EXTERIOR ARENA THEATER - MARQUIS READS: DR. MARTIN L. KING, MASS MEETING, WED JULY 28.
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WIDE SHOT BLACK PEOPLE WATCHING AS WHITE MALE RACISTS MARCH IN FRONT OF ARENA THEATER WITH SIGNS IN PROTEST OF MLK'S APPEARANCE.
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CU ON OLD WHITE WOMAN CIRCA 1965 HOLDING SIGN "JOIN THE WHITE CITIZENS COUNCIL"
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ANOTHER PROTEST SIGN READS: MARTIN LUTHER KING...AT COMMUNIST TRAINING SCHOOL
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JULY 29, 1965
LONGWOOD PLAZA. OUTDOOR SPEECH. CROWD OF BLACKS LISTEN. ABERNATHY MAKES OPENING SPEECH. SAYS TO REGISTER TO VOTE. KING INTERVIEWED BY WHITE REPORTER. TELLS ABOUT PURPOSE OF THE TOUR. HOPES FOR THE FUTURE OF HIS ORGANIZATION. SOUTHERN ORGANIZATION. SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION. |
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TALL "LONGWOOD PLAZA" SIGNAGE
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QUICK SHOT, BLACK MAN SPEAKING OUTDOORS. NO AUDIO
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WIDE SHOT OUTDOOR AUDIENCE, CROWD MIX OF BLACKS AND WHITES
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| 01:54:03 922.84 |
KING BEING INTERVIEWED BY WHITE REPORTER, INDOORS ONE ON ONE. KING TALKS ABOUT HIS HOPES OF GAINING A KIND OF INSPIRATION IN THE NORTH SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO DECIDE WHAT COMMUNITIES THEY CAN WORK IN TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THEY FACE.
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DR. KING CLARIFIES TO REPORTER, THEY ARE SOUTHERN BASED AND WILL REMAIN THAT, BUT WANTS TO WORK IN NORTHERN COMMUNITIES BY INVITATION, IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXPAND JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY TO ALL PEOPLE.
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