MLK ARRIVING AT CLEVELAND OHIO AIRPORT. WALKS DOWN STEPS OF
UNITED AIRLINES PLANE. MOBBED BY REPORTERS.
COMMENTS ON TOUR OF THE NORTH. REPORTER MENTIONS
THE PICKETING OF HIS TALKS THAT WILL OCCUR. "COLOR
OF A MAN'S SKIN...CONTENT OF HIS CHARACTER".

MARQUEES "DR. MARTIN L. KING MASS MEETING. WED.
JULY 28" WHITE BIGOTS PICKET OUTSIDE THE CLEVELAND
ARENA. RACISTS WITH PLACARDS.

KING AT OUTDOOR RALLY WITH ABERNATHY. CROWD OF
YOUNG PEOPLE CLAPPING. ADVOCATES "NON-VIOLENT"
STRUGGLE, COURAGE. TALKS ABOUT 1963 BIRMINGHAM
ALABAMA. BULL CONNOR.

BEGINNING OF KING'S OUTDOOR SPEECH. "BREVITY IS A
MAGNIFICENT ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR A BAPTIST PREACHER". HUMOROUS
COMMENT. TELLS PEOPLE TO ATTEND RALLY AT THE
ARENA. KING SAYS "ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STEPS THE NEGRO CAN TAKE IS THAT SHORT WALK TO THE VOTING BOOTH"
TO CHANGE CONDITIONS. BALANCE OF POWER. REGISTER
TO VOTE. TALKS OF 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH AND
BULL CONNOR PUTTING THE DOGS AND FIREHOSES ON THEM
AND HOW THEY KEPT SINGING FREEDOM GOSPEL SONGS.
CHILDREN, OLDER PEOPLE LISTEN TO DR. KING'S
SPEECH. CROWD APPLAUDS.

BLACKS CLAP ALONG TO MUSIC. NEWSREEL CAMERAMAN IN
CROWD. GOSPEL MUSIC, MOS.

BLACKS REGISTERING TO VOTE. AT OUTDOOR PICNIC
TABLE. SIGNING CARDS. AFRICAN AMERICANS REGISTER
TO VOTE EXERCISING INALIENABLE RIGHTS

MLK SPEECH AT CLEVELAND ARENA: DISCUSSING THE G.I.
BILL OF RIGHTS OF VETERANS. WE NEED A BILL OF
RIGHTS FOR THE DISADVANTAGED OF THE UNITED STATES,
OTHERWISE "WE WILL NEVER CATCH UP". POLITICAL
REFORM THROUGH POLITICAL POWER. THE BIG CITIES OF
THE NORTH HAVE INHERITED THE PROBLEMS OF THE
SOUTH. LOOKING TO THE NORTH TO VOTE THE GOOD INTO
POWER. REGISTER BLACK VOTERS. GO TO VOTE. MENTIONS
HOW SOME AFRICAN AMERICANS IN POWERFUL POSITIONS ARE BOUGHT
OFF BY WHITE POLITICAL POWERS. STAY TOGETHER AS
LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS. GRAND ALLIANCE. ON THE
SAME ROAD MOVING TOWARD THE SAME GOAL. NO PETTY
JEALOUSIES. MOVING TOWARD THE PROMISED LAND,
FREEDOMLAND. MAKE AMERICA A BETTER COUNTRY.
IMPROVE OUR STANDARDS. WITH ONE HAND TO TEAR DOWN
THE INJUSTICES AND WITH THE OTHER LIFT OURSELVES
UP BY OUR BOOTSTRAPS. "MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN".
"NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE". VIOLENCE CREATES MORE
SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES. "LIVE TOGETHER AS
BROTHERS".