Civil Rights
Civil Rights - Protests Following Selma March
Protests following violence perpetrated by police against marchers in Selma, Alabama, 1965: TLS civil rights demonstrators marching with banner: "We March With Selma!" TLS/MSs Caucasian-American and African-Americans marching with civil rights placards: "CORE Demands Federal Registration"; "We Shall Overcome"; "End Terror in Selma"; Rev. Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. standing on steps, flanked by crowd, speaking.
Civil Rights - Watts Riots
Commercial buildings blazing, spewing fire & smoke into night following racial riots in Watts, Los Angeles, California, 1965. Two Caucasian LAPD police officers leading two black men suspected of looting toward camera, night, buildings burning in BG. Traveling shots of buildings destroyed by fire, arson, looting; National Guard patrol streets during daytime. National Guardsmen standing guard behind crude barricade in street.
Civil Rights - Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr speaking in Memphis, TN, April 3, 1968 (night before his assassination): "I just want to do God's will. And he s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land." Memphis police officers conducting investigation along balcony of Lorraine Motel in Memphis on the night of MLK's assassination. Nationwide riots following death of MLK: shaky (but good) panning TLS police squad car driving along city street, night; panning shot crowd passing broken shop windows, night; large fire burning from city bldg, night; firing tear gas while patrolling streets, day. Robert F. Kennedy speaking to crowd in Indianapolis, Indiana, following MLK assassination, Aug 4 1968: "For those of you who are black & are tempted to be filled w/ hatred & distrust..." Widow Coretta Scott King and bereaved King family viewing open casket of Martin Luther King Jr during wake. Funeral procession of MLK through streets of Atlanta, GA, Apr 9, 1968; Robert Kennedy marching in funeral parade, wife Ethel Kennedy walking behind him; Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon marching in funerary parade, basketball star Wilt Chamberlain marching behind them. Mule-drawn funeral cortege.
Civil Rights - Protests
African-Americans and Caucasian-Americans demonstrating outside Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina, marching in circle on sidewalk while police officers stand watch, 1960-- bandied placards read: "Woolworth Segregates"; "End Lunch Counter Discrimination"; "Support Carolina Students"; African American protesters (participants of Woolworth's sit-in) under arrest, being led through crowded police HQ hallway. Damaged facade of brick residential home. Blacks & whites sitting at lunch counter in peaceful protest. Caucasian pro-segregationists forcing the protesters from the lunch counter, pulling & tearing at them, some throwing punches. White & black students marching toward camera. Kress Department Store sign & marquee in Greensboro, NC. Two women exiting McLellan's store. Sit-in protests at segregated lunch counter restaurants. Protesters, demonstrators, signs ("All are free or none are.") Freedom Trail Park Street Church sign, tilt down to LS F.W. Woolworth's store.
Civil Rights - Demonstrations
African American women & men singing, clapping during sit-down demonstration. Window sign: "White Waiting Room, Interstate Passengers". Est shot brick church; black congregation sitting in pews, fanning themselves; Several young black men stepping from pulpit; black congregation standing, cheering. residential home burning after firebomb attack, night; National Guard armed with rifles affixed w/ bayonets deploying from lorry, passing cam, night. Black congregation during service, many fanning themselves. National Guard taking positions on sidewalk, affixing bayonet to rifle, standing guard outside building. Freedom Ride charter bus pulling from station, driving away. Rear view of bus driver & military guards at front of bus. Caucasian and African American men sitting on bus, smoking cigarettes. Panning MS bus passing cam on rain-slicked road. "Welcome to Mississippi" road sign. Military & law enforcement troops staging area. Panning TLSs charter bus driving along city street. Crowd gathered outside Trailways station. Nat'l Guard alighting bus. Zooming MS row of jail cells (county cell block).