| Civil Rights | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 1478 | |
| Catalog #: | 499708 | |
| Clip Number: | 499708-6 | |
| Orginal Film: | ||
| Timecode: | 01:04:51 - 01:07:34 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1961 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CIVIL RIGHTS: African-American LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA | |
| Description: | (MOS) MS black women & men singing, clapping during sit-down demonstration. MS window sign: "White Waiting Room, Interstate Passengers" (Jim Crow, segregation). Est shot brick church; TLS black congregation sitting in pews, fanning themselves; MS several young black men stepping from pulpit; MS black congregation standing, cheering. TLSs residential home burning after firebomb attack, night; MSs National Guard armed with rifles affixed w/ bayonets deploying from lorry, passing cam, night. TLSs black congregation during service, many fanning themselves. TLS/MSs National Guard taking positions on sidewalk, affixing bayonet to rifle, standing guard outside building. TLSs charter bus pulling from station, driving away (Freedom Rides). Rear view MS bus driver & military guards at front of bus. MS white man & black man (James Farmer?) sitting on bus, smoking cigarettes. Panning MS bus passing cam on rain-slicked road. MS "Welcome to Mississippi" road sign. TLS/MSs military & law enforcement troops staging area. Panning TLSs charter bus driving along city street. TLS crowd gathered outside Trailways station. MS Nat'l Guard alighting bus. Zooming MS row of jail cells (county cell block). | |
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