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| Public Domain Films And Royalty Free Stock Footage |
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Public Domain Archive Film Stock Footage Library |
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Available in High Definition formats: (48 hr. turn-around)
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| Available in NTSC formats: (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| Available in PAL formats: (72 hr. turn-around) |
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| DVD-R Time-Code Preview Disc (NTSC): (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| keywords: reverend martin luther king jr., civil rights, selma march, president lyndon b. johnson, governor george c. wallace |
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Synopsis: Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., leads Civil Rights marchers on a journey to reach Montgomery, the Capitol of Alabama... (read more) |
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Information: 1965 6 min BW |
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Brown Chapel A.M.E Church becomes the headquarters for the Negro drive for the right to vote. It is from here Martin Luther King leads the marchers on a march intended to reach Montgomery, the Capitol of Alabama. After crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge the marchers were confronted by a cordon of police and told to turn back.
After several tense minutes Dr. King requested a moment to pray which was granted. After kneeling prayer, the marchers rose and marched back toward Selma, Alabama. This was a turning point in the civil rights movement
Twice before the civil rights marchers have been turned back in their quest to march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama the Capitol of Alabama. Now they march under a court order with the protection of Federalized National Guard Units and regular Army units. Martin Luther King, leader of the civil rights movement, leads this historic, and for the most part, peaceful march for the right to vote and end racial discrimination.
President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses a joint session of Congress to push a voting rights bill aimed at ending discrimination. Civil rights leaders including Sisters Of Mercy lead a march through Harlem.
Civil rights leaders including Sisters Of Mercy lead civil rights march through Harlem. Marchers carry We March With Selma Sign and We Shall Overcome sign.
Integration, racial strife, racial discrimination, civil rights for blacks, civil rights marchers, African Americans, right to vote march, civil rights movement.
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