Thursday, January 15, 2015

Archival footage of James Meridith

The integration of Ole Miss and the March Against Fear

Meridith with Marshalls











Injured by a shotgun blast









Martin Luther King - Remembering Birmingham

Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)


Exerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's "Mountaintop" speech accompanied by historical photographs of Birmingham civil rights demonstrations and current photographs of the civil rights monuments located at Kelly Ingram Park, staging area for the Birmingham demonstrations.
This movie is part of the collection: Community Video

The Book of Negroes Episode 2