Doctor Kenneth Clark, Professor of Psychology at the City College of New York; Director of Fallen Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Research Director, North Pride Center for Interpretation, interviews Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks about coordination of various committees working during civil rights movement of African Americans. He comments on the cooperation between the NAACP, CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), and others, citing efforts in Birmingham and in voter registration drives.
A poster advertising an event featuring Malcolm X and black muslims. Malcolm X exits a car. Flashback scene to African American civil rights demonstrators being repelled with water from fire hoses and police arresting some. Malcolm X addresses a gathering. Doctor Kenneth Clark, Professor of Psychology at the City College of New York; Director of Fallen Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Research Director, North Pride Center for Interpretation, interviews Malcolm X on civil right movement of African Americans. Malcolm X speaks about condition of black people in America and the Supremacy of God. Topics also include comparisons of Malcolm X positions to White Supremacy, and discussions of anti-semitism, guilt of white people, muslim faith, immorality of western society and separation from western society, and self-defense by African Americans in the face of violence.
Doctor Kenneth Clark, Professor of Psychology at the City College of New York; Director of Fallen Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Research Director, North Pride Center for Interpretation, interviews Malcolm X on civil right movement of African Americans. Discussion includes teachings of non-violence by Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X deriding that position. He calls Dr. King a 20th century Uncle Tom. He speaks against King's positions on forgiveness and he states that King's positions would lead to continued segregation. Clark asks about Malcolm X's goals. Malcolm X talks about the need for improvement in moral fiber of African Americans. He states that the white man is against brotherhood and is against peace, which is contrary to Muslim teachings. Malcolm X derides integration saying "you don't integrate with a sinking ship." He also talks about issues and conflicts of representation from people who have intermarried. He talks about police brutality and how the President did not send in troops to protect African Americans from attacks by dogs in Birmingham, but only sent in troops when African Americans erupted, in order to protect white people there. He talks about hypocrisy of whites in America.
Doctor Kenneth Clark, Professor of Psychology at the City College of New York; Director of Fallen Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Research Director, North Pride Center for Interpretation, interviews Malcolm X on civil right movement of African Americans. Malcolm X expresses his views on future for blacks in America. Malcolm X talks of the need for white people to be in discussion with leaders of the Muslim religion. He says that white leaders need to hear God's analysis. He talks of an oncoming racial explosion due to dissatisfaction of black people. He talks of need for black people to separate from the whites and to be on their own land. He says that complete separation is the only solution to the black and white problem in the country.
Doctor Kenneth Clark, Professor of Psychology at the City College of New York; Director of Fallen Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Research Director, North Pride Center for Interpretation, interviews James Baldwin on civil right movement of African Americans. James Baldwin talks about his personal life during the interview.
Doctor Kenneth Clark, Professor of Psychology at the City College of New York; Director of Fallen Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Research Director, North Pride Center for Interpretation interviews James Baldwin on civil right movement of African Americans. James Baldwin expresses his views on the present condition of African Americans. He lights a cigarette and smokes during the interview.