- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item D047.0005
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1965-05-11
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Children
Civil rights workers
Race relations--Alabama
Segregation--Alabama
Selma (Ala.)
Dallas County (Ala.) - People:
- Anderson, Louis Lloyd
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Lewis, P. H. (Paul Hamilton)
Nelson, Rachel West
Reese, Frederick Douglas, 1929-2018
Webb, Sheyann - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. He discusses a boycott of downtown businesses in the city ("We aren't trying to put anybody out of business downtown. We're just trying to put justice in business, that's what we're trying to do."); the importance of the First Amendment and his opposition to communism ("See, the reason I couldn't ever be a Communist is because I believe that the great moments in history have been the moments when individuals were left free to think. Some sacred in a nation that talks about freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of assembly. You can't do that over in Russia, you can't do that in Communist China."); the need for integration at schools and other public facilities (illustrated by an anecdote about an encounter at the Dobbs House restaurant in Atlanta); and the legislative bill that would result in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Among those visible with near him are Coretta Scott King, P. H. Lewis, F. D. Reese, L. L. Anderson, Sheyann Webb, and Rachel West.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/1261
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/wsfa:1261/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by WSFA, https://www.wsfa.com.
- Original Collection:
- WSFA-TV (Television station : Montgomery, Ala.)
WSFA collection
Box D047, Item 0005 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
WSFA audiovisual item D047.0005
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