Demonstrations during Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Demonstrators in a park. They walk through the park. Protestors walking on streets of Chicago. Troops release tear gas on a bridge and demonstrators are seen running back across the bridge to escape the tear gas. Close-up views of some demonstrators and one police officer holding handkerchiefs over their faces to block tear gas effects. Another group of protestors walking near a park.
Police break up crowd during Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Vehicles being driven on road. Crowds in front of Conrad Hilton hotel. Police on street. Police break up crowd. Police drag demonstrators away. Policeman speaks on microphones. Demonstrators with banners.
Demonstrators on street during Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Hippies show poster of 'Fuck The Draft'. Demonstrators on street. A formation of police and National Guard troops move forward. Demonstrators move through streets.
African Americans contributing to community and nation in the United States. Unnamed African Americans seen at work include: Welder; Quality control inspector; Chemist; Accountant; Machinist; fabric testing technician; White collar workers and executives; A credit manager in a major department store; and a bank teller. James Temple, Jr., and engineer with a St. Louis Public Utility, is seen in his office. Ora Higgins, Human Resources Director of one of the world's largest mail order houses, seen at her desk, interviewing an applicant. View of Willard S. Townsend, Labor Leader, and President of the United Transport Service Employees of America. Scenes of Annual Meeting of the National Negro Business League (NNLB), in Atlanta, Georgia, where its President, Horace Sutters, presents the Businessman of the year award to Samuel B. Fuller of Chicago, founder of the Fuller Products Company, who, himself, later became President of the League and owner of several newspapers, a department store and a theater.
Exterior of Wingate Barber and Beauty Supply Company in Philadelphis, Pennsylvania. African American businessman, W.C.Wingate, is sitting in his office and gives a list of products used by professional customers to his daughter. He leaves the office and is joined by his son, Edward at their warehouse store. Edward Wingate takes order from a business customer. Bill Wingate is seen with workers in their carpentry department where they manufacture cabinet display cases for beauty and barber shops.
African American ownership of banks, Savings and Loans, and Insurance Companies, in the United States. Names on various banks owned by African Americans: Citizens Trust Company; Industrial Bank; The Citizens and Southern Bank and Trust Company, Customers being served by tellers in a bank lobby. Signs on African American owned insurance companies: Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Company of Chicago; Proficence Home; Industrial Mutual Life Insurance Company; Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, Home Office, at 3501 South Park Blvd, Chicago. African American insurance executive, Charles Clinton (C.C.) of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, seen in his office conversing with another person. Street view of storefront with "Service Federal Savings" painted on window, at 104 East 51st Street, Chicago. A man and woman discuss mortgage matters with a Savings and Loan official.
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