Scene in Mobile Alabama during confrontation between African American citizens and members of the KKK, or Ku Klux Klan, not wearing hoods, who were marching in the town of Mobile, Alabama to protest state prison work release programs. Police officers are seen at a street curb in discussion with a group of African American citizen protestors. One African American protestor, off-duty police officer Donald Pinkney, is seen talking to police. Camera turns away from the scene and then swings back apparently capturing the end of an altercation between Pinkney and uniformed police. (Montgomery Advertiser newspaper of 27 September, 1977 reported that the arresting police officers said Pinkney had grabbed a police officer's baton. The newspaper also reported that Pinkney had been struck by a police baton, receiving a three inch head wound that required 12 stitches.) Pinkney is seen being led away from the scene by two uniformed police officers.
The third Selma to Montgomery protest march during the American Civil Rights Movement. A huge crowd marches holding banners in hands. African American men, women and children and white Americans among the marchers. The crowd marches holding the American flag. Cars parked in the background.
Crowd gathered to commence the third civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. A sign reads: Baptist Conference of Washington DC wants the vote. African American men, women and children and also white citizens among the assembled group. A white man carries a black baby on his shoulders.
A service at the AME Church in Little rock, Arkansas. Pastor addresses the African American congregation that includes several of the original "Little Rock Nine." They receive life membership in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) . Starting at 1:20 into clip, bombing damage done to the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama is shown. The First Baptist Church was bombed in 1957. African American women leave the Little Rock AME church after the service.
Corner stone of church reads: "Sweet Gum A.M.E. Zion Church 1868. Rebuilt 1905." View of the unpainted wooden church, with many panes of its stain glass windows missing or damaged. ( The church is located at 560 Old Montgomery Hwy, Shorter, Alabama, near city of Tuskegee.) Rocky area at intersection of roads. A pile of rough hewn timbers. A large industrial building (possibly a mill). African American masons and painters on scaffold work on front of building, identified by sign reading:"Farmer's Alliance Warehouse." Nearby sign reads: "Fortner's Country Market." Cars parked in road by the stores. A pig and two piglets seen on the dirt road. African American man and woman walk slowly down along a rough dirt path or dirt road.
A statue of Booker, Tagliaferro, Washington, made of black stone at the Tuskegee Institute (1200 W Montgomery Rd, Tuskegee, AL 36088, United States) in Tuskegee, Alabama. Dr. George Washington Carver walks out of his home. Flowers and plants in the compound. Dr. Washington Carver walks out with books in hand. He sits below the statue and works on with the plant leaves.
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