African American and white children swim and play in an integrated swimming pool in the United States in the 1960's. A black man beside a white man working on an integrated engine car assembly line. A black shoe shine man. A black street sweeper. Narrator indicates that African American workers are in increasingly skilled jobs and supervisory positions. A black draftsman in an officer environment. A black bank manager gives an application to a black woman. Huey Newton leads the Black Panthers in a protest. Stills portray trade and transport of African American slaves. Stills show the Civil War in the United States, and aftermath of war showing blacks voting and as politicians during reconstruction. Footage of African American people working on farms in cotton fields picking cotton, including boy and girl child laborers picking cotton. Footage of a Rust Cotton Picker machine in operation as African American workers watch. American troops, including African American soldiers of the U.S. Army 369th Infantry "Harlem Hellfighters", marching in victory parade in the United States after returning from World War 1. View of segregated African American soldiers in the parade in New York City cheered by parade attendees. Brief scene with Henry Johnson on the side of the parade route being congratulated by civilians. (Johnson and Needham Roberts received the Croix de Guerre for exceptional heroism). Black and white workers entering or exiting a factory during World War 2. Black American troops and Tuskegee Airmen pilots in segregated units during World War 2. The Tuskegee pilots in uniform gathered together during a briefing on an airfield. View of U.S. military forces comprised of white and black personnel, integrated beginning in 1947. A white officer gives binoculars to a black soldiers.
Scenes from the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom". Mix of mostly African Americans and white American gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Participants sing and chant songs as they march. Led by folk singer, Joan Baez, they unite and sing in chorus the civil rights anthem: "We Shall Overcome" Statue of Abraham Lincoln at the memorial.
Thousands of people gathering on the National Mall for the March On Washington For Jobs and Freedom. The Washington Monument. Convoy of buses. "Peter, Paul, and Mary", a musical group, sings "The Answer is Blowing in the Wind" and "If I had a Hammer" in an open space outside the White house in Washington DC. African Americans gather in large numbers and march with banners in hands. A Drum and Bugle Corps plays. Black and White Americans unite to promote Civil Rights.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Black and White Americans gather in large numbers at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC to promote Civil Rights. Singing of a medley of "We Shall Not be Moved" and a "Freedom Now" song by the New York Freedom Singers, a group of the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), including Bernice Johnson, Cordell Reagon, Rutha Harris, and Chales Neblett. Thousands of spectators, including African Americans and white Americans listen to the singers and clap along. Clip includes ambient sound from the crowd and broadcast speakers.
Scenes from The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Black and White Americans gather in large numbers at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC to promote Civil Rights. African American civil rights leader, Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth delivers speech to the crowd gathered. Folk Singer, Joan Baez, sings her song "All My Trails" and plays guitar.
Actor and activist Ossie Davis introduces fellow actor Burt Lancaster who makes a speech at the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002) in Washington DC during the civil rights "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom". African American and white citizens gather in large numbers at the event. Statue of Abraham Lincoln in background.
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