Civil Rights Struggles, Early 1960s
Civil Rights Struggles, Early 1960s
Various footage of early 1960s U.S. civil rights demonstrations, protests, etc.
Civil Rights Struggles, Early 1960s
High angle LS/TLS/MSs large crowd of predominantly young African-American men and women gathering in public square, listening to off-screen speaker; hi ang MS young black woman wearing funky white-rimmed sunglasses, dark scarf, white dress, standing in crowd, singing & clapping hands; MS two young black men-- one wearing dark sunglasses, the other a porkpie hat -- standing, listening; MS young black woman smiling, young black man leaning close. Panning LS crowd gathered outside Catholic private school; MSs posted segregation protest signs-- "We Want To Keep Our School White," "Our School Has Always Been Segregated"; MS white men & women marching in picket line with protest signs; MS lengthy racist message on placard; rear view TLS white nun (habit) ushering white & black children into school. LS/TLSs Donald A. Quarles elementary school in Englewood, New Jersey; TLS black & white kids walking along sidewalk near school. LS elementary school; TLS African-American children (winter clothes) exiting school with white female teacher.
Civil Rights Struggles, Early 1960s
TLS window w/ "State of Illinois, Department of Labor, Division of Unemployment Compensation" lettering; TLSs predominantly African-American men & women standing in unemployment lines; MSs black male & female clerks processing cases. LS four white male police officers standing guard at gate of construction site project; TLS white & black men & women picketing w/ signs near construction site. TLS burned-out rubble, car in residential neighborhood-- bombing aftermath? TLS ratty, slummy rear steps, patio porches familiar to Chicago tenements. Brief traveling shot black girl standing near street of slum. TLS late 1940s model Pontiac four-door car pulling to curb in suburban neighborhood; TLSs black man exiting car, walking with white man wearing business suit toward ranch house, entering.
Civil Rights Struggles, Early 1960s
Establishing LS state government building exterior, replete with Roman columns and belltower; MS African-American men and women walking along sidewalk, passing camera; MSs black women walking up steps, entering building. TLS Trailways bus depot exterior, U.S. National Guard soldiers standing outside; MS black man and woman waiting in line to board bus-- Freedom Riders! Panning TLSs bus pulling from station, passing police officers and Nat'l Guard, destination board reading "Dallas." MS Dr. Rev. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (Martin Luther King, Jr., MLK), U.S. Attorney General ROBERT F. KENNEDY (Robert Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, RFK, Robert Francis Kennedy), NAACP President ROY WILKINS and others posing outside White House; panning MS Robert F. Kennedy, Roy Wilkins, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (Lyndon Johnson, LBJ), AFL-CIO President WALTER REUTHER, and A. PHILIP RANDOLPH posing.