A black man leads an African American “Operation Breadbasket” choir singing on a stage. Audience clapping at performance. A young black woman clapping. Black women watching inside a theater. A child is asleep during a performance. Reverend Jesse Jackson, a black Baptist minister and political activist and civil rights activist from Chicago, Illinois, preaches to African Americans. “Black can be beautiful.” said Jesse Jackson. Black and white Americans listen to the sermon of Jesse Jackson. Reverend Jackson delivers his sermon behind a podium. Reverend Jackson preaching racial equality, non-violence, and a proportionate share for blacks in Chicago’s economy.
African American Baptist minister and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson leading a black demonstration in Springfield, Illinois. Jesse Jackson linking arms with black activists. Demonstrators outside the Illinois State Capitol (401 S. 2nd St Springfield IL 62701). Black protesters pass by a statue of Abraham Lincoln outside the Illinois State Capitol. Legislators inside the Illinois State Capitol. Reverend Jesse Jackson delivers a sermon to Illinois state legislature. “Come to this land!” said Jesse Jackson. Photographers take photographs of Jesse Jackson and officials walking to the Office of the Mayor (Chicago). Jesse Jackson during a hearing with the Mayor of Chicago.
Economic opportunity for African Americans. Cars pass by The Food Basket supermarket. Two black men walking out of an A&P grocery store in Chicago, Illinois. A black man signs a paper over a “Rual’s Products Diamond Sparkle” box. Two African American men watch the man sign a document. Black men packing and slicing meat. A black surveyor using a theodolite. Black engineer and contractor with blueprints working on a construction project. A black contractor enters a car with label “Contractors Unlimited General Contractors Chicago Ill.”. African American workers working in a bottle factory run by an African American business owner. A machine prints a label on a bottle. A black boy arranges “Swiff Out” bottles into place. African American business owner of factory speaking to workers. Sign reads “Seaway National Bank of Chicago”. African American men and women wait in line inside a bank. An African American banker talks on the phone inside a bank. African American boy signs a deposit slip beside his mother. An African American woman with a beehive hairstyle working in a bank.
Civil rights movement protesters marching, some holding the United States flag, during 2nd or 3rd Selma to Montgomery Alabama march. A black lawmaker named G.L. Forbes speaking. African American man addressing lawmakers during a hearing. More scenes of marchers from Selma to Montgomery, with black and white protesters of the civil rights movement marching, passing by a cross “Get right with God”. African American woman holding a baby is seen in front of clothes on clothesline outdoors, as marchers pass by. Men and women in a civil rights protest outside the White House in Washington DC. A white girl in front of a sad black girl. View of teenage youth students in a racially integrated classroom with African American, white, and Asian students paying attention to teacher and learning together. More scenes of Selma to Montgomery marchers with "We shall overcome" song heard. Low camera angle stationary in crowd, looking upward at marchers as they pass by. Legs of walking protesters. Includes a group of walking protesters (mostly African Americans) holding the American flag and United Nations flag.
United States Army Eighth Air Force, Second Air Division B-24 Liberator bombers bomb oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania, during World War 2. A map depicting a flight path from North Africa to Ploesti and Germany. B-24 Liberator aircraft drop bombs over Ploesti. A group of B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. Aerial view of Ploesti. Machine gun aimed at Ploesti. Aerial view of an oil refinery on fire. A group of B-24 Liberator bombers flying low over Romania. An oil refinery on fire in Ploesti. Clouds of thick smoke covers the bombed oil refinery. Oil refinery tanks on fire. Firemen use hoses to put out fire in oil refinery. German and Romanian men rush to burning oil refinery. German soldier uses firehose to put out flames. B-24 Liberator bombers returning to North Africa. People watch a B-24 Liberator bomber land on airfield. B-24 Liberator bomber taxiing after landing. United States Army men gather in airfield. Colonel Leon W. Johnson of the 44th Bombardment Group being awarded the Medal of Honor for leading the attack on the Ploesti oil fields.
United States Army Eighth Air Force, Second Air Division celebrate a “Going Away” party for B-24D Liberator “Bomerang” (serial number: #41-23722) (Boomerang) in USAAF Hardwick, East Anglia, United Kingdom during World War 2. B-24 Liberator aircraft named “Bomerang” returns to the United States after completing 53 missions. Graffiti depicting bombs and the word “Ploesti” (referring to the Ploesti oil refinery raid). United States Army soldiers stand in front of a B-24 Liberator with nose art depicting a cartoon kangaroo carrying a bomb in both paws, one held overhead and one held in the kangaroo's pouch and the word “Bomerang”. United States and British pilots gather around a cake in front of B-24 Liberator “Bomerang”. Pilot holding a cake “Bomerang”. A pilot delivers a tribute to B-24 Liberator “Bomerang” in front of a crowd. Crowds cheer after pilot gives his tribute speech. Some pilots are wearing life vests. United States Major General James Pratt Hodges shake hands with pilots. B-24 Liberator “Bomerang” is now covered with written dedications from pilots, maintenance, and combat crews of the “Bomerang”. Men and women write their names, homages, and dedications on the body of B-24 “Bomerang”. B-24 Liberator engines are turned on. “Bomerang”’s pilot, Col. Walter Stewart, looks on. B-24 Liberator “Bomerang” taxiing on the runway on its flight to the United States.
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