1955-1968MINORITIES
FOLLOWS CAREER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR & THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FROM THE 1955-1956 BUS BOYCOTT TO HIS ASSASSINATION IN MEMPHIS. INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM MAJOR CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHES IN MONTGOMERY, BIRMINGHAM, WASHINGTON DC, SELMA, CHICAGO, & MEMPHIS
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MLK SPEAKS AT 1956 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA BUS PROTEST INCLUDING ROSA PARKS (IN STILL ONLY).
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| 01:30:27 42.4 |
MONTGOMERY CITY STREET SCENES, 1956. PEDESTRIANS,
BUSES, CARS. |
| 01:30:42 57.4 |
BLACK BUS BOYCOTTERS CAR POOL INSTEAD OF TAKING BUS.
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| 01:30:47 62.4 |
BLACK BUS BOYCOTTERS WALKING ON RURAL DIRT ROAD RATHER THAN TAKE SEGREGATED BUS
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| 01:30:51 66.4 |
PEOPLE WALKING IN THE RAIN WITH UMBRELLAS. NEARLY EMPTY BUS PASSES
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| 01:30:58 73.4 |
HOME OF MLK BOMBED BY TERRORISTS, AFTERMATH.
SUPPORTERS GATHER OUTSIDE |
| 01:31:09 84.4 |
MLK SPEAKS ABOUT BOMBING: "WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE.. WE HAVE TO HELP SAVE OURSELVES & OUR WHITE BROTHERS FROM TRAGIC SELF DESTRUCTION IN THE QUAGMIRE OF RACIAL HATE"
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| 01:31:36 111.4 |
MLK ARRESTED. CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTING FREE ENTERPRISE. SPEAKS TO PRESS ABOUT GUILTY DECISION:
"VIOLENCE IS SELF DEFEATING THAT HE WHO LIVE BY THE SWORD WILL PERISH BY THE SWORD" |
| 01:32:16 151.4 |
POV IN BUS WITH ONLY TWO PASSENGERS. BUS BOYCOTT.
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| 01:32:21 156.4 |
WHITE PASSENGERS GETTING ON BUS, MONTGOMERY 1956
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| 01:32:32 167.4 |
VICTORY MEETING. MLK STATES: "THE 11 MONTH PROTEST AGAINST THE CITY. BUSES WILL BE CALLED OFF & THE NEGRO CITIZENS WILL RETURN TO THE BUSES ON A NON SEGREGATED BASIS"
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| 01:33:25 220.4 |
STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH CHALLENGE SEGREGATION AT LUNCH COUNTERS. SIT IN AT LUNCH COUNTER.
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| 01:33:34 229.4 |
1962 ALBANY, GEORGIA: MLK USING LUNCH COUNTER.
PROTEST STUDENTS DIRECT CONFRONTATION. SIT IN. POLICE COUNTER NON-VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION WITH NON-VIOLENT ARRESTS. POLICE LAY PROTESTERS ON STRETCHERS & TAKE THEM AWAY |
| 01:34:10 265.4 |
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 1963: CITY STREET SCENES. MLK LAUNCHES NON-VIOLENT CAMPAIGN TO END SEGREGATION.
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| 01:34:30 285.4 |
ECONOMIC PROTEST: BLACK PROTESTERS WITH PLACARDS "BIRMINGHAM MERCHANTS UNFAIR", "TEACH YOUR DOLLARS MORE SENSE". CU SIGN READS "LUNCHEONETTE CLOSED".
POLICE ARREST PROTESTERS |
| 01:34:45 300.4 |
LARGE PRAY-IN IN FRONT OF BIRMINGHAM CITY HALL.
POLICE GET VIOLENT. MASS ARREST. FIRE HOSES & POLICE DOGS BREAK UP DEMONSTRATIONS. POLICE BRUTALITY |
| 01:35:02 317.4 |
MLK LEADS PROTEST MARCH & GETS ARRESTED. 1963
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| 01:35:17 332.4 |
BIRMINGHAM MAYOR SWEARING IN OF NEW MAYOR
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| 01:35:21 336.4 |
MLK IN JAIL CELL
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| 01:35:32 347.4 |
BLACK CHILDREN MARCHING WITH MLK. YOUNG BOY IS ARRESTED & PUT IN PADDY WAGON. FIRE HOSES & POLICE DOGS. POLICE BRUTALITY AGAINST CHILDREN
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| 01:36:17 392.4 |
MONTAGE PEOPLE'S FEET IN PROTEST MARCH
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| 01:36:23 398.4 |
MASSIVE NON-VIOLENT MARCH ON WASHINGTON, AUGUST 1963.
"I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH. (*FOR COMPLETE SPEECH use V-6024*) |
| 01:39:04 559.4 |
MLK ARRIVING ON PAN AMERICAN PLANE. RECEIVING NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
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| 01:39:28 583.4 |
SELMA, ALABAMA: BLACK CITIZENS REGISTERING TO VOTE.
MLK ON VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE. URGING BLACK CITIZENS TO VOTE |
| 01:40:11 626.4 |
VOLUNTEERS TRAINED IN NON-VIOLENCE RESISTANCE TECHNIQUES
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| 01:40:25 640.4 |
POLICE ARRESTING BLACK CITIZENS AT NON-VIOLENT PROTEST
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| 01:40:32 647.4 |
MARION, ALABAMA: FUNERAL FOR YOUNG DEMONSTRATOR WHO WAS KILLED WHEN STATE TROOPERS DISPERSED PROTEST MARCH
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| 01:40:40 655.4 |
MLK ON RAINY DAY MARCH IN MONTGOMERY
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| 01:40:45 660.4 |
MARION, ALABAMA: STATE TROOPERS WEARING RIOT GEAR.
POLICE BRUTALITY. TROOPERS BEATING CITIZENS. WOMAN IS BEATEN WITH BILLY CLUB. |
| 01:41:31 706.4 |
MLK SPEAKS: "WE ARE GOING TO WALK NON-VIOLENTLY &
PEACEFULLY TO LET THE NATION & THE WORLD KNOW THAT WE ARE TIRED NOW. WE'VE LIVED WITH SLAVERY & SEGREGATION 345 YEARS. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE REAL THE PROMISES OF DEMOCRACY." |
| 01:42:19 754.4 |
SELMA, ALABAMA MARCH
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| 01:42:49 784.4 |
POIGNANT MOMENT AS BLACK MAN TENDERLY HELPS HANDICAPPED WHITE MAN TO THE GROUND. COVERS HIM WITH BLANKET.
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| 01:43:12 807.4 |
MARCHERS NEAR STATE CAPITOL IN MONTGOMERY. CU ROAD SIGN: "LEAVE DALLAS CO. ENTER LOWNDES CO.". MLK MAKES SPEECH TO MARCHERS. AERIAL OVER MONTGOMERY CAPITOL BUILDING
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| 01:43:37 832.4 |
RALLY ON STEPS OF ALABAMA CAPITOL. MLK INTRODUCED BY REVEREND ABERNATHY. MLK SPEAKS: "WE ARE NOT ABOUT TO TURN AROUND. WE ARE ON THE MOVE & NO WAVE OF RACISM CAN STOP US." "HOW LONG NOT LONG" SPEECH
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| 01:45:12 927.4 |
SLUM TENEMENT ALLEYWAY
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| 01:45:20 935.4 |
MLK IN CHICAGO GIVING SPEECH ABOUT RENTAL SEGREGATION. SENDS BLACK & WHITE UNDERCOVER PEOPLE TO RENTAL AGENCIES. WOULD NOT RENT TO THE BLACKS BUT WOULD RENT TO THE WHITES.
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| 01:46:47 1022.4 |
LOW ANGLE STREET SIGN: "N. LINDER & DIVERSEY"
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| 01:46:51 1026.4 |
BLACK & WHITE PROTESTERS PICKET IN FRONT OF REAL ESTATE AGENCIES WHO WOULD NOT SELL HOMES TO BLACK FAMILIES.
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| 01:47:05 1040.4 |
MARCH IN ALL-WHITE SUBURB IN THE NORTH. INCREASED RESISTANCE TO EQUALITY IN HOUSING TURNS UGLY, SO CALLED "WHITE BACKLASH". VIOLENCE. BLACK & WHITE PROTESTERS HURT. EQUALITY IN HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT. MARCH, PROTEST, RIOT, RESISTANCE.
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| 01:47:40 1075.4 |
MLK SPEAKS TO PRESS: "I CAN SAY THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN, EVEN IN MISSISSIPPI & ALABAMA, MOBS AS HOSTILE & AS HATEFUL AS I HAVE SEEN IN CHICAGO"
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| 01:48:29 1124.4 |
MLK SPEAKS: "NOW WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH BASIC CLASS ISSUES BETWEEN THE PRIVILEGED & THE UNDER PRIVILEGED". RESTRUCTURING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY."
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| 01:49:36 1191.4 |
HS MARCHERS & POLICE
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| 01:49:40 1195.4 |
MLK AT VICTORY MEETING. BLACKS & WHITES TOGETHER.
BLACK MILITANTS, CLERGY ETC. |
| 01:49:54 1209.4 |
MLK GUIDED TO CAR
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| 01:50:10 1225.4 |
MLK DELIVERING SERMON AT EBENEZER CHURCH
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| 01:51:19 1294.4 |
STILLS
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| 01:51:43 1318.4 |
APRIL 3, 1968: MLK SPEAKING: "I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP. I'D LIKE TO LIVE A LONG TIME. I'VE SEEN
THE PROMISE LAND." ETC |
| 01:52:52 1387.4 |
MLK FUNERAL. HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE CARRIES CASKET.
FUNERAL CORTEGE. MLK VO |
| 01:54:11 1466.4 |
CU WOMAN WIPES TEARS FROM GRIEVING MAN'S EYES
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