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Black Journal show opener.

Close up pretty young African American female with short Afro haircut, large hoop earrings.

Black woman walking toward camera, city bus and parked cars in background.

Fannie Lou Hamer, Voting and Women's Rights Activist talking with unseen, unknown interviewer states: "I'm Black and I'm Proud".

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.

Rev. Jackson still speaking about Olympic racism as we see more footage of 1968 Olympic Games, and African American (male) track runners

Archival footage of Olympic gold medalist, Lee Evans, wearing a black beret and giving a fist pump as a sign of protest.

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.

Pan out on game in progress, players on bases.

Pitcher Bob Gibson #45 on the mound at World Series games throws one out, batter swings striking out.

Cutaway to African American couple on a lake in a rowboat, rowing as we hear the song "Groovin' (on a Sunday Afternoon)".

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...

Cutaway, to baseball game again, and Bob Gibson, player #45, throwing out a pitch (World Series game 1968).

Players surrounding Gibson and leaving the field.

Aerial a bit blurry view of large, seemingly all black, crowd of people walking in the rain.

Cutaway to gunshots, two boys running away fast down the street.

Man running passing by large glass storefront with graffiti

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."

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

More grainy footage of large group of people overturning a car. Parked car with busted out windows.

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.

Cutaway to the Chicago Bears' bear mascot running toward the camera - opening his mouth and revealing huge pointy teeth

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.

Young female Gospel singer dressed in white robe standing and singing solo and very soulfully amidst other seated gospel singers

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

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.

Another large crowd of people marching down the street - blacks as well as whites. MLK's sermon still going.

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".

Aerial of the heart wrenching peaceful procession in Atlanta.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

Blacks at protest - holding red sign "How Many People Will Our Hate Destroy"

Elderly black man with long white beard, wearing a cap, white shirt and tie.

Black hands molding a wad of flour

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.

Wide shot the panel (partial) Robert Johnson, Kathleen Cleaver and Jim Brown

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.

Panel discussion continues on the hold Martin Luther King, Jr. had on the people and the ramifications after his death.

Panel Discussion continues, quite heated about the Black Revolution.

Close up Kathleen Cleaver

Panel discussion concludes. Host Lou House announces next program on January 27th and show ends.

Slate "This program made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting"

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