Universal Newsreel - Truman Asks Equality For All Americans

Clip: 489632_1_1

Year Shot: 1947 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1773

Original Film: 020-064-03A

HD: N/A

Location: Washington DC

Timecode: -

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Shots of massive corwds on the mall in Washington DC as Truman speaks from Lincoln Memorial about equal rights. wide shot then MS of Truman giving speech. At 16:20: "Our immediate task is to remove the last remnants of the barriers that stand between millions of our citizens and their birthright. There is no justifiable reason for discrimination because of ancestry or religion or race or color.." Crowds of seated african americans stand and applaud.