Candidates for the Presidency of United States express their grief on Martin Luther King's assassination. Faces of Eugene McCarthy, Richard Nixon, George Wallace, and Robert Kennedy shown. Also shows Dr. Martin Luther King addressing the masses. African American woman sings "Oh God Our Help in Ages Past" at the Crump Stadium in Downtown,Memphis, during what was known as the "Memphis Cares Meeting" following Dr. King's death. Thousands of people present at the event.
Evangelist Billy Graham speaks out of affection and admiration for Dr. Martin Luther King at a memorial service in United States. He expresses his tribute to Martin Luther King. Mourners in grief at the meeting. Also shows martin Luther King addressing the masses at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson speaks out of affection and admiration for Dr. Martin Luther King and condemns his assassination. He expresses his tribute to Martin Luther King and urges America to cherish King's dream.
African American man speaks on the assassination of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King. King' picture near him. Scenes of riots after King's assassination. Roy Wilkins condemns the riots and looting. Scenes of looting. Police maintain order. Sammy Davis junior makes a speech.
Shows African Americans looting shops during the riots following Martin Luther King's assassination. Crowd of people looting and stealing from stores. The Rev Wyatt Walker, close friend of Martin Luther King Jr, condemns the riots. Police maintains law and order. James Brown makes a public speech.
Shows crowd gathered outside the Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas, in 1957, protesting admission of African American students. Shows "Little Rock Nine" in station wagon being escorted to the school by armed Federal troops. Ernie Green reflects on the experience of the troop escort. Views of Ernest Greene at Michigan State University in a library and Professor Greene teaching in a classroom. Green is seen on a building site working to encourage black apprenticeships in the building trades. Ernest Green seated in an office.
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