| Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. - SELMA, ALABAMA AND THE MARCH TO MONTGOMERY, 1965 | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 289 |
| Catalog #: | 524588 | |
| Clip Number: | 524588-9 | |
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| Timecode: | 10:39:09 - 10:42:47 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CIVIL RIGHTS: African-American DEMONSTRATIONS: Protest LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA | |
| Description: | Excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr speech "Our God is Marching On" March 25, 1965. Shot of Alabama Ave. street sign; aerial of thousands marching; CU "military police" sign on jeep; King leads march; Montgomery road sign; more aerials; shot of folk singer JOAN BAEZ marching; CUs of MLK speaking, . "Last Sunday, more than eight thousand of us started on a mighty walk from Selma, Alabama." edit "They told us we wouldn’t get here. And there were those who said that we would get here only over their dead bodies, (Well. Yes, sir. Talk) but all the world today knows that we are here and we are standing before the forces of power in the state of Alabama saying, 'We ain’t goin’ let nobody turn us around.'" [Applause] edit "Today I want to tell the city of Selma, (Tell them, Doctor) today I want to say to the state of Alabama, (Yes, sir) today I want to say to the people of America and the nations of the world, that we are not about to turn around. (Yes, sir) We are on the move now. (Yes, sir) Yes, we are on the move and no wave of racism can stop us. (Yes, sir)" eidt "The burning of our churches will not deter us. (Yes, sir) The bombing of our homes will not dissuade us. (Yes, sir)" edit "The beating and killing of our clergymen and young people will not divert us." edit "The wanton release of their known murderers would not discourage us." edit "Like an idea whose time has come, (Yes, sir) not even the marching of mighty armies can halt us. (Yes, sir) We are moving to the land of freedom. (Yes, sir)" edit "I know you are asking today, 'How long will it take?' (Speak, sir) Somebody’s asking, 'How long will prejudice blind the visions of men...'" edit "I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, (Yes, sir) however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, (No sir) because "truth crushed to earth will rise again." (Yes, sir) How long? Not long, (Yes, sir) because "no lie can live forever." (Yes, sir) How long? Not long, (All right. How long) because "you shall reap what you sow." (Yes, sir) How long? (How long?) Not long: (Not long) Truth forever on the scaffold, (Speak) Wrong forever on the throne, (Yes, sir) Yet that scaffold sways the future, (Yes, sir) And, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, Keeping watch above his own. How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. (Yes, sir) How long? Not long, (Not long) because: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; (Yes, sir) He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; (Yes) He has loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword; (Yes, sir) His truth is marching on. (Yes, sir) He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; (Speak, sir) He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat. (That’s right) O, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant my feet! Our God is marching on. (Yeah) Glory, hallelujah! (Yes, sir) Glory, hallelujah! (All right) Glory, hallelujah! Glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on." [Applause] | |
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