"" ... is the first comprehensive history of the people, the stories, the events, and the issues of the 20th century struggle for justice in America."--1987 Peabody Awards entry form excerpt. Episode four uses archival footage and interviews to look at three cities involved in the civil rights demonstrations: Albany, Georgia, where the police chief and Martin Luther King, Jr. each tested out the strategy of nonviolence in their own way; Birmingham, Alabama, where police dogs and fire hoses were used against demonstrating children; and the March on Washington, D.C. in 1963, where blacks and whites came together to demonstrate for black civil rights. Includes footage of excerpts of speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Gov. Wallace, Eugene "Bull" Connor, President Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Robert Shelton, and A. Philip Randolph."
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
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