1954-1965BLACK NEWS SHOW
9 Part MINISERIES - REVIEWS THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE OF THE PAST DECADE & TRACES THE IMPACT OF THE "NEW NEGRO MILITANCY" ON BOTH WHITE AND AFRICAN AMERICANS. REVIEWS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE 1956 SUPREME COURT DECISION REPUDIATING THE DOCTRINE OF "SEPARATE BUT EQUAL" FACILITIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS & ELSEWHERE. SEGREGATION.
GREAT BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS FOOTAGE. RALLIES, PICKET SIGNS. LUNCH ROOM SIT IN.
Ossie Davis Narrates
GREAT BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS FOOTAGE. RALLIES, PICKET SIGNS. LUNCH ROOM SIT IN.
Ossie Davis Narrates
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HAPPY, MIDDLE CLASS BLACK FOLKS IN VACATION CLOTHES WALKING DOWN COVERED WALKWAY TO BOAT
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LS FERRY FILLED WITH PEOPLE
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| 01:00:53 53.43 |
CU WHITE STAR LINE SHIP STEAM WHISTLE ON SIDE OF FUNNEL BLOWS.
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| 01:00:55 55.43 |
CU COILS OF ROPE WOUND ONTO FLOOR OF SHIP.
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| 01:00:58 58.43 |
CU TURBINE ARM OF SHIP'S ENGINE ROOM.
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| 01:01:14 74.43 |
VIEWS FROM FERRY BOAT OF SHORE AS IT PULLS AWAY.
BLACK PASSENGERS ON BOAT. BLACK MIGRATION. |
| 01:01:19 79.43 |
EXTERIOR OF SUPREME COURT BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, DC.
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| 01:01:23 83.43 |
CU VIEWS OF BASE RELIEF."EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW"
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| 01:01:27 87.43 |
SEATED STATUE OUT FRONT ON SUPEREME COURT BUILDING STEPS
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| 01:01:29 89.43 |
COLUMNS OF BUILDING
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| 01:01:32 92.43 |
BLACK HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM. BLACK KIDS LOOK AS TEACHER SPEAKS.
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| 01:01:44 104.43 |
WOMEN SINGING & CLAPPING IN GOSPEL CHURCH
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| 01:01:51 111.43 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF BLACK PEOPLE RELAXING ON DECK OF FERRY BOAT, LITTLE KIDS ON BOARD FERRY LOOKING UP
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| 01:02:07 127.43 |
LITTLE BLACK BABY IN STROLLER DRINKS FROM BOTTLE
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| 01:02:11 131.43 |
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA TOWN SIGN: "MONTGOMERY CITY LIMITS".
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| 01:02:17 137.43 |
EMPTY, UNUSED BUSSES PARKED IN BUS DEPOT LOT AS RESULT OF DECEMBER 5, 1955 BUS BOYCOTT.
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| 01:02:19 139.43 |
INTERIOR OF EMPTY BUS.
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| 01:02:22 142.43 |
ROSA PARKS INTERVIEW ON BUS PROTEST. TELLS HER STORY.
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| 01:02:56 176.43 |
YOUNG MARTIN LUTHER KING SPEECH ABOUT BUSING IN MONTGOMERY PROTEST. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. DECEMBER 1955.
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| 01:03:03 183.43 |
WHITE PEOPLE GETTING ONTO PUBLIC BUS.
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| 01:03:12 192.43 |
BLACK CONGREGATION (MOSTLY WOMEN) LISTEN TO MLK STATEMENT ABOUT PROTESTING BUS SEGREGATION. HOT IN CHURCH, PEOPLE FANNING SELVES WITH HATS, ETC.
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| 01:03:26 206.43 |
CROWD IN CHURCH STAND UP & CHEER & APPLAUD.
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| 01:03:47 227.43 |
CU BLACK FEET AS THEY WALK DURING BUS BOYCOTT.
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| 01:03:53 233.43 |
BLACK PEOPLE WALKING ON CITY SIDEWALK
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| 01:03:57 237.43 |
JIM CROW SIGNS BEING REMOVED FROM BUS. BLACKS SIT WHEREVER THEY WANT AFTER NOVEMBER 13, 1956 SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT BUS SEGREGATION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
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| 01:04:05 245.43 |
WILD GOSPEL CHURCH SERVICE SINGING & CELEBRATING.
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| 01:04:11 251.43 |
BLACKS SITTING ON BUSES WITH WHITES. ENTER BUS THROUGH FRONT DOOR & WALK DOWN AISLE.
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| 01:04:21 261.43 |
MARTIN LUTHER KING SITS NEXT TO WHITE MAN ON BUS.
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| 01:04:25 265.43 |
BLACK PEOPLE WALKING ALONG SIDEWALK IN SOUTHERN CITY
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| 01:04:30 270.43 |
POV FROM MOVING VEHICLE OF CARS DRIVING ON SOUTHERN CITY STREETS.
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| 01:04:35 275.43 |
BUS PULLS OVER TO CURB BUS STOP
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| 01:04:41 281.43 |
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. HIGH SCHOOL INTEGRATION IN LITTLE ROCK. POLICEMEN STAND GUARD AS LINE OF BLACK KIDS WALK TOWARDS SCHOOL.
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| 01:04:58 298.43 |
15-YEAR OLD ELIZABETH ECKFORD WALKS TOWARD SCHOOL.
SURROUNDED BY CROWD OF BIGOTS. NATIONAL GUARD STAND OUTSIDE SCHOOL, ESCORT ECKFORD TO SCHOOL. |
| 01:05:18 318.43 |
ECKFORD SITS ON BUS STOP BENCH
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| 01:05:38 338.43 |
FEBRUARY 1, 1960: GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.
BLACK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PEACEFUL PROTEST. CROWD WALKING ALONG CITY SIDEWALK, ENTER LUNCH COUNTER FOR SIT-IN FOR DESEGREGATION |
| 01:05:51 351.43 |
MAN STANDS IN FRONT OF "CLOSED" SIGN ON CHAIN AT LUNCH COUNTER
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| 01:05:53 353.43 |
HUGE CROWD OF WHITE FOLKS STAND AROUND AS BLACK WOMAN SITS AT LUNCH COUNTER NEXT TO WHITE PEOPLE
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| 01:05:58 358.43 |
BLACK MEN GETS UP OFF GROUND AT LUNCH COUNTER.
GETS MILKSHAKE THROWN AT HIS HEAD. |
| 01:06:06 366.43 |
BLACK MAN GETS LED OUT OF WOOLWORTH BUILDING
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| 01:06:10 370.43 |
LUXURY BUS DRIVES PAST ON RAINY DAY. FREEDOM RIDERS
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| 01:06:15 375.43 |
BLACK MAN SITS NEXT TO WHITE MAN SMOKING ON BUS
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| 01:06:18 378.43 |
"WELCOME TO MISSISSIPPI" SIGN.
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| 01:06:21 381.43 |
PHOTO MONTAGE OF VIOLENT RESPONSE TO INTEGRATION
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| 01:06:41 401.43 |
INJURED FREEDOM RIDER, WHITE MAN WITH BRUISED & BEAT UP FACE, LYING IN HOSPITAL BED, TELLS THAT HE WILL FIGHT SEGREGATION
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| 01:06:59 419.43 |
BLACK STUDENT? BEING LED INTO BUILDING BY ESCORT, SURROUNDED BY CAMERAMEN & LARGE ANGRY CROWD, WHITES PROTESTING.
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| 01:07:09 429.43 |
U.S. ARMY SOLDIERS IN TRAINING: CU COMBAT BOOTS RUNNING, TRAINING WITH RIFLES
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| 01:07:16 436.43 |
COLLEGE INTEGRATION: 1956, AUTHOR LUCY ADMITTED TO UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. WALKING THROUGH HALLWAYS CROWDED WITH MEDIA
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1961: CHARLENE HUNTER & HAMILTON HOLMES ENTERING BUILDING OF UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AMID ANGRY MOBS.
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| 01:07:32 452.43 |
1962: JAMES MEREDITH WISHING TO ENTER THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI. INTERVIEWED BY REPORTER.
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MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS INTEGRATION PROTESTS.
RACIST REDNECKS AT COLLEGE YELL "GO HOME N***ER" |
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CROWD OF ANGRY WHITES SHAKE CAR TRYING TO TURN IT OVER
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| 01:07:55 475.43 |
REBEL FLAG & BLACK MAN DUMMY HANGING FROM UNIVERSITY DORM BUILDING WINDOW.
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| 01:08:03 483.43 |
STEAM WHISTLE BLOWS FROM SIDE OF WHITE STAR LINE OCEAN LINER FUNNEL (SMOKE STACK)
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| 01:08:06 486.43 |
CU SHIP'S STEERING WHEEL
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| 01:08:09 489.43 |
CU KIDS & YOUNG BLACK COUPLE HANGING OUT ON EXCURSION BOAT RELAXING.
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VIEW OF SUN AS SEEN THROUGH TREES
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| 01:08:25 505.43 |
BLACK PEOPLE HANGING OUT ON TOURIST BOAT: YOUNG WOMAN WITH SCARF ON HEAD READING BLACK MAGAZINE, YOUNG COUPLE LAUGHING.
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YOUNG BLACK FATHER HOLDING HIS KID WEARING SAILOR HAT ON BOAT.
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BLACK DRUMMER PLAYING IN MARCHING BAND IN PARADE.
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| 01:08:52 532.43 |
PAN PAST BLACK PEOPLE LINING ROAD WATCHING PARADE.
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| 01:08:56 536.43 |
BLACK MARCHING BAND WEARING WHITE IN PARADE IN CITY.
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| 01:09:05 545.43 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN PARADE. YOUNG BLACK MAN DANCING ALONG WITH PARADE. GAY BLACK MAN? HE JOINS GROUP OF FRIENDS WATCHING PARADE. THEY DANCE. BLACK GAY MEN? AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMOSEXUALS IN 1960?
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| 01:09:15 555.43 |
OLDER BLACK MEN MARCHING IN PARADE & RIDING FLOAT WEARING CROWNS.
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| 01:09:23 563.43 |
GROUP OF TEENAGE BLACK GIRLS DANCING IN CROWD ACROSS STREET AT CROSSWALK.
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| 01:09:26 566.43 |
MAY 1963 CIVIL RIGHTS RIOTS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA: FIREMEN TURN WATER HOSES ON BLACK RIOTERS.
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| 01:10:04 604.43 |
MARTIN LUTHER KING (MLK) ARRESTED. COPS LEAD HIM INTO PADDYWAGON
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| 01:10:15 615.43 |
OLDER WHITE DETECTIVE YELLING & POINTING AS GROUPS OF YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE ARE LEAD OFF & DETAINED BY POLICE AFTER CIVIL RIGHTS RIOTS.
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| 01:10:25 625.43 |
GROUPS OF BLACK PEOPLE ARE ATTACKED BY POLICE DOGS.
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| 01:10:41 641.43 |
"THE QUIET INTEGRATIONIST". MEDGAR EVERS ASKS FOR BLACK BOYCOTT OF WHITE STORES ON CAPITOL STREET IN JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. JUNE 1, 1960. INTERCUT WITH BLACK WOMEN LISTENING TO SPEECH/SERMON.
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| 01:11:29 689.43 |
YOUNG BLACK MEN HAPPILY APPLAUD IN AUDITORIUM
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| 01:11:38 698.43 |
MEDGAR EVERS FUNERAL. CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ASSASSINATED. AMERICAN FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN CARRIED OUT OF CHURCH
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| 01:11:47 707.43 |
HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE, PROCESSION DOWN CITY STREET DURING FUNERAL.
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| 01:12:00 720.43 |
CU YOUNG BOY LOOKING OUT.
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CU WAVES, WAKE OF BOAT
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| 01:12:06 726.43 |
JFK CIVIL RIGHTS STATE OF UNION SPEECH. JOHN F.
KENNEDY. 1962 |
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MONTAGE CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH, PROTESTERS CARRYING SIGN.
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| 01:13:35 815.43 |
MARTIN LUTHER KING "I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH". MLK MARCH ON WASHINGTON.
(*FOR COMPLETE SPEECH use V-6024*) |
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*FEATURE FILM CLIP - DO NOT USE*
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| 01:18:29 1109.43 |
HARLEM POVERTY. BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD SLUMS: KID PLAYING ON HILLS OF DIRT
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| 01:18:42 1122.43 |
LITTLE KIDS JUMPING ON OLD MATTRESS IN ABANDON LOT IN INNER CITY SLUMS.
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| 01:18:46 1126.43 |
CU CHINK IN BRICK WALL. DECAYING WALL, ZOOM OUT TO KITCHEN IN APARTMENT IN SLUMS.
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| 01:18:51 1131.43 |
YOUNG BLACK BOY LOOKING OUT WINDOW WITH BROKEN GLASS IN TENEMENT BUILDING
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| 01:18:54 1134.43 |
OLDER BLACK MAN WALKING WITH CANE LIMPS PAST TENEMENT APARTMENT BUILDING
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| 01:19:00 1140.43 |
BLACK RESIDENTS HANGING OUT OF WINDOWS & ON FIRE ESCAPE OF INNER CITY BUILDING. SUBWAY TRAIN GOES PAST
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| 01:19:03 1143.43 |
CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS:
GROUP OF POLICE FIGHTING WITH BLACK MAN TRYING TO RESTRAIN HIM. |
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BLACK MAN & WOMAN ATTACH THEMSELVES TO TRUCK AS COPS TRYING TO PULL THEM OFF
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| 01:19:33 1173.43 |
MAN LEADS AWAY CRYING BLACK WOMAN IN AFTERMATH OF PROTEST RIOT. PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURE.
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| 01:19:41 1181.43 |
BLACK WOMAN STANDING ON TABLE OUTSIDE LEADING BLACK & WHITE INTEGRATED PROTESTERS IN CHANT: "FREEDOM NOW"
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| 01:19:46 1186.43 |
WOMAN LAYING IN PUDDLE REFUSING TO MOVE.
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| 01:19:48 1188.43 |
PROTESTERS OF ALL AGES HOLDING PAPER SIGNS OVER THEIR HEADS TO PROTECT THEM FROM RAIN CHANTING.
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WOMAN LAYING IN PUDDLE IS REMOVED BY FEMALE COPS & CARRIED AWAY.
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CU WAVES, WAKE OF BOAT
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| 01:19:57 1197.43 |
HIGH ANGLE VIEW DOWN ON DECK AT BOW OF SHIP, TOUR BOAT.
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| 01:20:01 1201.43 |
SILHOUETTES OF BLACK PEOPLE ON EXCURSION BOAT
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| 01:20:10 1210.43 |
NORTHERN CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS TRAVEL TO SOUTH TRYING TO GET POOR BLACK PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE. TALKING WITH BLACK PEOPLE IN SHANTY COMMUNITIES WITH REGISTRATION PAPERS. BLACK VOTER REGISTRATION.
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| 01:20:51 1251.43 |
GROUPS OF BLACK PEOPLE WALKING UP STEPS TO SCHOOL & GOVERNMENT BUILDING TO VOTE IN ELECTION.
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| 01:20:56 1256.43 |
BLACK WOMEN PUTTING BALLOT INTO BALLOT BOX.
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| 01:21:06 1266.43 |
COPS STANDING AROUND BURNT-OUT CAR OF THREE CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS WHO WERE MURDERED IN PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI: CHANEY, GOODMAN AND SCHWERNER
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| 01:21:21 1281.43 |
FUNERAL OF MURDERED CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS.
MEN CARRYING COFFIN TO TENT WHERE SERVICE TAKES PLACE. |
| 01:21:33 1293.43 |
CRYING BLACK MOTHER.
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| 01:21:38 1298.43 |
LBJ CIVIL RIGHTS SPEECH ON SIGNING
OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL. JULY 2, 1964. |
| 01:22:26 1346.43 |
INTEGRATED CHURCH CONGREGATION SINGS "WE SHALL OVERCOME" WHILE STANDING HAND-IN-HAND
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| 01:23:00 1380.43 |
MARTIN LUTHER KING (MLK) SPEECH AS HE ACCEPTS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
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| 01:23:25 1405.43 |
MALCOLM X SPEECH
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| 01:23:36 1416.43 |
MONTAGE BLACK CITIZENS MAKE SPEECHES ABOUT THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS
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| 01:24:07 1447.43 |
BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH WITH MARCHERS HOLDING SIGNS. "FIRST CLASS CITIZENS NOW! FREEDOM NOW!" ANTI-JIM CROW.
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