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Bellingham, Washington swept by big flood disaster

1935 flooding in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Three people walking on deserted street after a flood. Raging floods at a creek in Bellingham. Buildings and other properties are damaged as water rushes down the slopes following rain. Mountain streams turn into turbulent, swift-flowing streams.

Date: 1935, February 6
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041269
African Americans pursue equality in education through landmark case "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka" in 1953

Artist Impression of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1953. Image of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Artist Impression of African-American boy reading a book inside a classroom. Image of young African American students studying in class. Image of an African American boy. Image of Chief Justice Earl Warren. Image of William L. Patterson, an African American lawyer who fought for black justice in American courts for years. Image of Martin Luther King Jr behind bars. Very brief images of Jim Crow era lunch counter sit in, and bus burning incident. Footage of whites protesting in favor of racial segregation. Image of Black Americans holding signs saying “Birmingham Merchants Unfair” and “Equal Opportunity and Human Dignity”. Image of white Americans holding placards saying “Close Mixed Schools”. Image of a black American couple running away from fire. Footage of black Americans walking to support civil rights while guarded by officers with shot guns in air. Brief footage of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members parading and holding the United States and the Confederate flags. Image of Martin Luther King Jr. with young Black Americans. Footage of black and white students clapping together to support civil rights. Image of Thurgood Marshall with wife, Cecilia Suyat, and a friend in Washington DC. Image of Thurgood Marshall. Image of President John F. Kennedy. Footage of Senator James Eastland, Senator of Mississippi, raising a gavel in front of photographers. US senate in session. Image of Thurgood Marshall speaking to Robert Kennedy. Image of Thurgood Marshall as a Solicitor General, walking on the steps of the United States Supreme Court in Washington DC. Image of Thurgood Marshall as the United States Solicitor General.

Date: 1953, May 17
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079007
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and shakes hands with Martin Luther King at U.S. Capitol in Washington DC.

Civil Rights Bill passed in the U.S. Congress signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson at the U.S. Capitol, Washington DC, United States. The U.S. Capitol and national flag on it. A woman with two children visits the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002). The U.S. President Lindon B Johnson along with other U.S. Congressmen during the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. President Johnson signs the bill and shakes hands with Martin Luther King.

Date: 1964, July 2
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056497
U.S. Army 3rd Infantry soldiers patrol streets of Washington DC during riots following assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Riots break out in Washington DC following assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. United States 3rd Infantry soldiers patrol on streets in Washington DC. Damaged and broken shops. Damaged mannequins outside a shop. Board in the background reads 'American Security and Trust'. Soldiers and civilians on street.

Date: 1968, April 6
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044229
U.S. President Johnson and A.G. Katzenbach present Voting Rights Act draft bill; scenes from third Selma to Montgomery march.

Exterior view of White House in Washington DC with a light covering of snow on the ground. Interior view of White House with U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson as he signs a letter to legislators urging quick passage of the Voting Rights Bill in Washington DC. U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson and U.S. Attorney General Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach seated at a desk. The Attorney General briefs the press about the bill. Journalists take notes about the proposed bill. Scenes from the third Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March, beginning on March 21, 1965. African American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists, including John Lewis seen marching arm-in-arm at different parts of the parade route, including past the state house in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. prepares to address marchers in Montgomery regarding a meeting he had to plan future marches. John Lewis also on the scene.

Date: 1965, March 21
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063247
Rioting and looting in America, in response to the assassination death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A large American crowd at an outdoor stadium. Brief view of Presidential candidate Richard Nixon speaking to reporters. Narrator describes how his presidential campaign went on hold after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Next scene shows rioting and looting by African American citizens in the United States in a major city (narrator references Los Angeles, Newark, Baltimore, Detroit). People stealing items from stores and smashing store windows after the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Image changes to a 4-way split screen, with two portions showing families watching television, one portion showing continued rioting (including Washington DC fire fighters involved in putting out an arson fire); and one portion showing interviews with notable African Americans deploring the rioting. Speakers including Roy Wilkins, Sammy Davis Jr., and James Brown.

Date: 1968, April
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070911