| Freedom Speech: President Pleads For Race Equality | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1597 |
| Catalog #: | 512598 | |
| Clip Number: | 512598-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 027-551 | |
| Timecode: | 00:28:49 - 00:29:46 | |
| Location: | Washington DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1954 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CIVIL RIGHTS: African-American CROWDS: Audience CULTURAL GROUPS: African - Americans LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. PERSONALITIES: Eisenhower, Dwight (Ike) | |
| Description: | President Eisenhower addresses the Freedom Fulfillment Conference Of The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People in Washington DC. National Leaders of the group are here to show their support for his objectives. The NAACP launches their longest drive in its history. President Eisenhower address the NAACP: "And I believe that this struggle, this one that in your case now, has gone for low many decades, is producing results. On the part of this administration I stated my own personal view many times before the election, I have tried to state it since. Wherever the federal authority clearly extends, I will do the utmost that lies within my power to bring into living reality this expression of equality to men that are sitting here tonight." African Americans applaud with approval of President Eisenhower speech. | |
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