An African American man and boy singing a Christmas carol "Silent night" together. Black children raising their hands simultaneously. Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Carl Stokes speaks to children from various ethnicities. Narrator indicates he serves as a role model for African American youth. Black and white boys and girls listening. Closer view of a white boy listening. Two black children with curly Afro hair listening. A white boy propping his chin. Black and white girls laughing. A black girl smiles while chewing. Mayor Stokes speaking to students from Cleveland.
Jesse Jackson, an African American political activist and civil rights advocate, and Baptist minister, preaching to a black congregation in Chicago, Illinois. Jesse Jackson, dripping with sweat, delivers his sermon to the crowd. Black churchgoers crowd outside a church. Black people attend a sermon by Jesse Jackson. Elderly black men fanning themselves while listening to church sermon. Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches to African Americans to throw all sense of inferiority. Reverend Jesse Jackson pointing to congregation during his sermon. “You have given up on being first class citizens. You have given up on three meals a day. You have given up because somebody has defined you as a “White man’s slave” rather than God’s child. You are not put here to be a white man’s footstool. You’re put here to represent the best in God’s world!” says Jesse Jackson.
African American musicians playing music during a street demonstration in Chicago Illinois. Black musicians playing saxophones. A black drummer. Protesters watching black musicians pay music while standing on trucks. Young black majorettes marching with banners. Black men in military uniforms marching. Black women form a line while watching a demonstration. Jesse Jackson riding on a float depicting the United States flag and a photograph of African American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. A conductor leads a gospel choir of black men singing “Halleluiah”. The Capitol Theater (7941 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60620 ) in Chicago. “Kim Novak The Great Bank Robbery St. Valentines Day Massacre” is written on the theater marquee. Black activists distributes Operation Breadbasket flyers, promoting economic equality and civil rights, to pedestrians on a busy street near Jones Funeral Home (3240 West 79th Street Chicago, IL 60652). A white man wearing glasses receives a flyer. Two white nuns talking behind walking black girls. Black people walking on busy street.
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.
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