British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressing the people of Cuba during his tour after the end of World War II in Havana, Cuba. Winston Churchill thanks the Cuban President, Ramon Grau, and to the Cuban people for the kind welcome to him on his holiday. Winston Churchill describes Cuba as a “Beautiful island”, expressing the sentiment “¡Viva la Perla de las Antillas!”
British women, wearing thick coats and elaborate headdresses, are being welcomed by a gentleman and two rows of Boy Scouts as they exit a car during World War I. Streetcar behind is labeled "Aldgate Ilford " They enter an unidentified building with a large sign outside advertising "Scouts" Also on on the building is a poster advertising an April, 1917 meeting with "Nourishing Food" and "Come Early" with the partial title "The Lycell ". Two boys in the crowd drink porridge from pitcher and bowl.
Excerpt from a film based on the 1970 Lamar High School Bus Attack. African-American students chatting inside a school bus. School bus passing on a road. A gathering of militant white American parents in front of Lamar High School in Lamar, South Carolina (216 N Darlington Ave, Lamar, SC 29069). One African-American student looking agitated inside the school bus. The crowd angrily talk about how letting African-Americans study in the school impedes their rights. “not here, not now, not ever!” said a woman with disgust. A sign saying “Welcome to Lamar” prompts boy to say, "do you think they mean welcome?" “He ain’t gonna be in my grandson’s class!” a man says, pertaining to the possibility of African-American students studying alongside White students. African-American students become agitated as they approach Lamar. Woman wearing a headscarf and sunglasses talks about the arrival of the African-American students with indignation. Man menacingly holds a bat and say “They’ll gonna wish they was never born”. Lamar High School with state troopers guarding the front of the school. The school bus approach. Angry mob member holding baton behind his back, another mob member holding a brick. Angry mob crowd the school bus. African American students, scared, get down on the floor to avoid being hit with projectiles and broken glass from angry mob. The angry mob breaks the school bus windows. Image of state troopers outside Lamar High School. Title sequence of “The Color of Justice” with the overturned school bus in Lamar as the background.
Excerpt from a film based on the 1970 Lamar High School Bus Attack. Door with sign saying “Frank Jackson Attorney at Law”. Inside the law office, an African-American student recounts the mob attack on his school bus outside Lamar High School on March 3, 1970. The African American lawyer, Frank Jackson, talks to the student. The student questions Jackson how, despite the rights given by the United States constitution, why do African Americans like him still suffer from racial discrimination. The student notes that the crowd came after him and other students with, "rocks and chains and axe handles." He further notes that it has always been, "if you're white you're right, if you're black, get back." Jackson explains to the student how they as African-Americans have to fight for equal rights for a long time. Jackson says, “Nearly eighty years after the constitution was adopted, the United States Supreme Court were still debating as to whether a black man could even be considered a citizen.”
Artist impression of Dred Scott, an African American slave from the 19th century. Artist impression of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, who ruled on Dred Scott’s historic case. A dramatization depicts Dred Scott’s case in the Supreme court in 1857. Dred Scott questions the Chief Justice as he stands in front in the court, saying, "I want my Constitutional rights, I want my freedom in this court." Off camera, the judge says that Scott and his people are considered to be "beings of an inferior order and altogether unfit to associate with the white race." Interspersed with the testimony is modern dramatization footage of whites saying, “Damn, we have our rights!” and "they ain't gonna be in my grandson's class!" View of court gavel being slammed. Dred Scott walks away. A view of an empty courtroom. “He ain’t gonna be in my grandson’s class!” a man said, pertaining to the possibility of African-American students studying alongside White students. Artist impression of America’s Founding Fathers and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson's signature on Constitution of the United States. Close up of words in Constitution noting that African-Americans are equal to "three fifths" of whites.
Artist impressions of African Americans fighting during the Civil War. Images of African American soldiers during civil war. Illustrations of men holding the Confederate flag during the Civil War. Headline of newspaper announcing, Surrender of General Lee!" and "The Year of Jubilee has come!" Artist impression of Black American congressmen being mocked inside the United States Congress during the 19th century. Artist impression of Ku Klux Klan members holding rifles near a ballot box and hanging ( lynching ) a black American man.
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