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Slate: This program made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Black Journal show opener.
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Side shot very pretty young black woman wearing sunglasses, a large turban on her head, big hoop earrings.
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Close up pretty young African American female with short Afro haircut, large hoop earrings.
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Three black men walking down city street.
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Black woman walking toward camera, city bus and parked cars in background.
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Pretty young African American woman in colorful tribal style blouse smiling as she walks toward camera, city traffic and peds in background.
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Fannie Lou Hamer, Voting and Women's Rights Activist talking with unseen, unknown interviewer states: "I'm Black and I'm Proud".
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Aretha Franklin
Since You've Been Gone
(promo)
Cutaway to 1968 archival footage of young Aretha Franklin in concert, with her backup singers. Promo Film. Access Only?
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Cutaway to scene at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City - African American Bob Beamon's (#254 on his t-shirt) famous long jump where he jumped 29 feet and 2 1/2 inches to break the world record of 28 feet.
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Reverand Jesse Jackson (circa 1968) speaking to unseen interviewer about Olympic racism.
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Rev. Jackson still speaking about Olympic racism as we see more footage of 1968 Olympic Games, and African American (male) track runners
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Three 1968 USA African American 400 meter track runner winners facing the crowd, standing on podium. They were #273 Ron Freeman, Gold Medalist #270 Lee Evans, and #230 Larry James.
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Archival footage of Olympic gold medalist, Lee Evans, wearing a black beret and giving a fist pump as a sign of protest.
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Blurry footage of crowd behind large scoreboard at the Olympic Games.
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The USA winning track team on podium at the games, shaking hands with Olympic official and slapping each other with High Five. Lee Evans Gold Medal Winner is seen wearing his black beret.
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Cutaway to aerial footage of 1968 World Series professional baseball game in progress, Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals.
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Pan out on game in progress, players on bases.
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Large billboard at 1968 World Series game reads: "Gibson has tied World Series record for strikeouts in a single game with his 15th record also held by Sandy Koufax vs. Yankees in 1963".
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Pitcher Bob Gibson #45 on the mound at World Series games throws one out, batter swings striking out.
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Billboard reads: And a new record-----16.
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Cutaway to African American couple on a lake in a rowboat, rowing as we hear the song "Groovin' (on a Sunday Afternoon)".
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Seagull resting on fence over water, lifts off and flies away.
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Same couple in rowboat, leisurely rowing, woman puts her hand in water smiling and splashes her boyfriend laughing. He leans over and they kiss. Happy happy...
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Wide shot of couple on the lake rowing away, palm trees dotting the shoreline. the song "Groovin'" still playing.
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Cutaway, to baseball game again, and Bob Gibson, player #45, throwing out a pitch (World Series game 1968).
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Another strikeout and wide shot of the field, players running toward pitching mound. Crowd is heard cheering.
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Players surrounding Gibson and leaving the field.
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Cutaway - darkened footage, large crowd, an indiscernable black man holding his arm out walking amidst the people, poster held high over crowd reads: "I am a man".
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Aerial a bit blurry view of large, seemingly all black, crowd of people walking in the rain.
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Close up view of same crowd walking, pan in on couple in front both wearing white hats
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Cutaway to gunshots, two boys running away fast down the street.
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Wide shot store fronts, two people can be seen walking by, then quick zoom in on two policeman squatting on knees taking cover behind a parked vehicle and aiming guns. Gun shots and sirens can be heard. Grainy footage.
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Man running passing by large glass storefront with graffiti
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African American woman talking head talking with unseen reporter states:."non violence is not the way, you won't get anywhere by marching, you'll never get anywhere by sittin' down. If you have to sit down to get something, you'll never get it.
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POV moving vehicle - pan city street peds hanging around in front of gated empty shops, passing looted stores with garbage strewn about. Large sign in front of empty store, "Famous Brands". Sirens can be heard.
Narration continued by African American woman, "The best way to get it is to get up and go get it, if that's what you want." |
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About 10 Police officers in riot gear and holding rifles walking down littered street with closed stores, sirens are heard in the distance
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Talking head man speaking to unseen interviewer about how he doesn't believe that even if every Black male got together, that violence would still not be the answer
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Grainy footage of a burning automobile turned on its side, shattered rear window.
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More grainy footage of large group of people overturning a car. Parked car with busted out windows.
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POV moving vehicle - passing by burned out gas station and storefronts
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Talking head male talking to unseen interviewer standing amidst the burned out rubble of buildings. He states the question is, can they get anyone into the system to introduce the changes that are necessary.
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Shattered glass window with giant bullet hole. Traffic going by
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Cutaway to the Chicago Bears' bear mascot running toward the camera - opening his mouth and revealing huge pointy teeth
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African American coach with whistle in his mouth, arm up in the air at football game
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Aerial football Chicago Bears football game in action. circa 1968. Player #40 Gayle Sayers, running across field with the ball into the end zone and scoring touchdown.
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Cutaway to interior of church - slow pan of parishioners listening to Gospel music, a little Black girl dressed in white sound asleep at Martin Luther King Jr's funeral service
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Young female Gospel singer dressed in white robe standing and singing solo and very soulfully amidst other seated gospel singers
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Casket of Martin Luther King, Jr. draped in flowers
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Cutaway to interior of church - slow pan of parishioners listening to Gospel music, a little Black girl dressed in white sound asleep at Martin Luther King Jr's funeral service
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The recording of MLK's famous passionate "Drum Major Sermon" at his funeral service is heard over pan of parishioners listening, a shot of the casket, the casket draped in flowers being carried out of the church by group of men into the large crowd of people gathered outside.
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The many sad faces of the African Americans mourning Dr. King, lined up on the streets, black man wearing Huntsville hat, var women and men. MLK's sermon is still heard.
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Crowd of people walking down the street, passing storefronts, shot from behind.
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Another large crowd of people marching down the street - blacks as well as whites. MLK's sermon still going.
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zoom out on incredibly large group of people crowded in the streets, packed tight.
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Aerial organized procession of people marching down street in Atlanta all holding hands, to the slow drum beat of Martin Luther King's own speech, the famous "Drum Major Sermon".
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Martin Luther King's casket in a simple wooden farm wagon pulled my mules amidst a large crowd at his heart wrenching funeral procession down the streets of Atlanta to the drum beat of his famous sermon.
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Aerial of the heart wrenching peaceful procession in Atlanta.
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Voting and Women's Right Activist, Fannie Lou Hamer, talking about her shock and anger when she heard that Martin Luther King had been shot and killed. Stating she was very angered, how could this happen to a man that had given his life for his fellowman.
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Talking head African American middle aged man wearing a green US Army shirt speaking to unseen interviewer about Dr King and how sad he is that he was killed and that he will try and carry out King's hope that black children will someday be playing and eating together with white children.
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Talking head Black man, John Singleton, speaking with unknown unseen interviewer talking about Martin Luther King and how he visited St. Elizabeth church, stayed 2 hours and talked with middle class white people about financing his program then left.
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Rev. Jess Jackson talking with unseen interviewer about the great loss of Martin Luther King, the loss of a symbol and substance. One of the few people who had the power to stand up in front of the White people and to confront any situation due to his leadership.
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Another testimonial to MLK by talking head Black man, Dr. Dennis Jackson, civil rights activist, speaking about MLK and his personality and image being somewhere between "a giant and God". Among Black nationalist, extremists like the black panthers and other violent groups - Dr. King kept these people in check regarding non-violence.
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Pan out from the Black Journal studio, to a panel of seven African American guests, m one woman and six men, sitting on white swivel chairs in semi circle. Narration over the guests talking amongst themselves, about the significant events of 1968 - the resurrection of the City and Richard Nixon, the death of Robert Kennedy, White racism, school decentralization, the Black psychological revolution, the Olympic Boycott. The rise of Julian Bond and Hewey P, Newton. But the most significant event was the cold blooded murder of Dr. Martin Luther King.
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Pan out from another take on the stage - panel of five Black men sitting around coffee table talking, TV cameras can be seen,
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Close up on Kathleen Cleaver, (Mrs. Eldridge Cleaver) a senior member of the Black Panther Party, she's speaking with an unknown unseen interviewer about how Dr. Martin Luther King's gracious, noble, Christian, approach to solving Black people's problems would be rejected, finally.
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Author Bill Strickland speaking about the reality under which Black people are living and their efforts of demonstrating and petitioning the White power structure had not succeeded in bringing change so He states it was surprising to him then that when MLK was assassinated, the same people who were calling him "Dr. Koon", were embracing his philosophy on the night of his death.
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Julian Mayfield, Writer and Actor - speaking on the panel states he was never a supporter of Dr. King's philosophy, he didn't believe in it.
Mayfield notes that blacks took to the streets because “symbolically we had been shot too.” On the subject of the Poor People’s Campaign he indicates the futility of “appealing to a Congress that wouldn’t pass a rat bill.” Its failure proves that the white community in the US is not ready to give away anything, that whatever we get we have to take. |
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Wide shot in the studio. Five guests seated around coffee table.
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Dan Watts, Editor of the Liberator states that the Poor People's Campaign was really just a cruel hoax. The White establishment knows "damn well" ...they've been persecuting us all these years. He states all they (meaning the Black community) did was run a survey to point out how effective they were. And Watts states that he feels the time has long passed for the real "game playing".
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Cutaway Hosea Williams, Civil Rights Leader, Activist, Philanthropist - talking to unseen interviewer about the "Poor People's Campaign" being the most important event of 1968 - it forced America to make poverty an acceptable living reality in this country.
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Blacks at protest - holding red sign "How Many People Will Our Hate Destroy"
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Black man lying down in the grass, eyes closed, Black Power pin on shirt
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Elderly black man with long white beard, wearing a cap, white shirt and tie.
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Black man cutting piece of wood resting on a sawhorse with a hand saw. Older Black man in overalls looking on.
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Black hands molding a wad of flour
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Black boy eating a slice of bread and butter
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Wooden tents in "Resurrection City" a prototype ghetto. “Resurrection City,” was made up of 3,000 wooden tents, and to honor Martin Luther King the people camped out there for 42 days, until evicted on June 24, a day after their permit expired.
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Back in the studio, the panel continues discussion.
Robert Johnson, Jet Magazine: quotes Vice President Spiro Agnew, "if you've seen one ghetto you've seen them all"!. Jonshon talks about how representatives of MLK from ghettos all around the U.S. and took them all to Washington and put up a prototype ghetto in Resurrection City. He states it was successful but muddy streets there was typical of ghettos around the US. Cops tear gassing people at night who were asleep, people being beaten and robbed - these thing happen in the ghettos. |
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Wide shot the panel (partial) Robert Johnson, Kathleen Cleaver and Jim Brown
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Close up on Robert Johnson, continuing speaking about Resurrection City. If Congress had not turned it's back and had not ignored Resurrection City, much good would have come out of it.
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Jim Brown talking about the assassination of Martin Luther King, the failure of Resurrection City, and the Poor People's March - these things proved that Black people had to develop a new way of thinking a way of thinking I always believed in, it's really money and power.
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Author, Claude Brown on the panel - "the significance that Resurrection City was to the Black people in America today was that the dream was gone. Dr. King had a mystical air about him that if the people just followed him down the street they would somehow get rights. He states that once he was no longer there and the people could see what was happening in a detached fashion, he was no longer able to hoodwink people with his outstanding oratory. They had to look at the facts and everyone eventually realized that the whole era was over.
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Panel discussion continues on the hold Martin Luther King, Jr. had on the people and the ramifications after his death.
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Wide shot of the panel of five Black men - continued discussion about the failures of Resurrection City, the Poor People's March and the ramifications of Martin Luther King's death.
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Panel Discussion continues, quite heated about the Black Revolution.
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Panel Discussion continued including Kathleen Cleaver
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Close up Kathleen Cleaver
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Wide shot of the full seven person African American panel
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Panel discussion concludes. Host Lou House announces next program on January 27th and show ends.
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Show credits overlay panel guests.
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Slate "This program made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting"
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NET Show Graphic
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