American Civil Rights Movement figure James Meredith resumes his 'March Against Fear' through Mississippi. He begins his march from the spot where he was shot a year earlier. Meredith marches ahead with his supporters and the press. Ray Rickman, who would go on to become deputy Secretary of State for Rhode Island, is seen walking behind Meredith. Men seated on a car watch the group march. African American men and women outside a building. He urges the African Americans to vote in the upcoming Gubernatorial election.
U.S.S.R Aviation Day celebration. Crowd has gathered to see achievements of Soviet air power. The Civil Aviation Programme is supported by Soviet government. Performance by glider team and sailplane squadron doing gymnastics. 04 August 1958.
CC Thunder, a store owner and civil leader speaks about railroads. Bruce Dicky, a banker speaks on the importance of roads for community. C Y Thomas, a doctor sits at a table and expresses views on roads and their future prospects. Jean Edward, General Manager and President of a Truck Transport and Service Company speaks on land and property issues. In particular, they refer to the effects from building of Interstate Highway I-35 in the Kansas City area.
Aerial view of Kansas City.View of roads and cross bridges. Traffic moving on Interstate 35. C.C. Pender, a store owner and civil leader speaks on the importance of the Interstate Highway System to the Kansas City area. Traffic moving on Interstate 95. Animation of the 41 thousand mile Interstate Highway System shown on a United States map.
Jesse Jackson is interviewed in a press conference. Jesse answers Henry McGee of Newsweek Magazine regarding comparisons of women's rights and civil rights. Patrick Borgan of London Times and Judith Randal of New York Daily News are also present. Bill McCrory of Voice of America is the moderator.
View of Central High School, Little Rock Arkansas. Former student, Jefferson Thomas, one of the nine African American students who integrated the school in 1957, is revisiting the school. View of integrated student track and field team practicing.View of the front of the school. Flashback scenes of the "Little Rock Nine," black students trying to enter Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, during civil rights movement. Police officer keeping back jeering local students. Racial fighting breaks out among people watching the event, and police try to maintain order. African American students unable to enter school while white students enter and police stand by despite federal school integration orders. Scene returns to 1964 briefly and then back to September 27, 1957, when on orders from President Eisenhower, a company of U.S. Army soldiers marches up takes up positions at the school. They set up barricades, maintain order, and provide armed escort for the nine black students entering school. The nine students enter army station wagons and drive to school accompanied by soldiers in an army jeep.Views of people mingling around the school as U.S. Army soldiers stand amongst them.
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