- Title: F-6015
- Summary: MALCOLM X: STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM: PORTRAIT OF HISTORIC BLACK LEADER MALCOLM X FILMED DURING HIS TRIP TO EUROPE & AFRICA JUST 3 MONTHS BEFORE HIS ASSASSINATION. DISCUSSES SOCIAL AGONIES OF OUR AGE AT A TIME WHEN HE WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING A NEW APPROACH TO RACIAL ACTION & ORGANIZATION. BEGINNING WITH A REVIEW OF VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK MAN. THE BLACK MAN IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.
- Description:01:03:52 - BLACKS BEING SPRAYED WITH HOSES. MILITARY POLICE. BLACKS BEATEN AND ATTACKED BY POLICE 01:04:39 - PATRICE LUMUMBA PULLED ONTO TRUCK WITH HANDS TIED BEHIND HIS BACK 01:04:53 - SNOBBISH WHITE FOLKS PLAY LEISURE SPORTS. BOCCE BALL LAWN SPORTS. 01:05:04 - WHITE OWNERS CHECKING BLACK WORKERS FARMERS IN FIELDS TENDING CROPS. SOUTH AFRICA. 01:05:15 - BLACKS IN THE 1940S WANT FREEDOM. PLACARDS READING: "FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME". 01:05:33 - BLACK TROOPS IN THE JUNGLE. WITH RIFLES. 01:05:47 - KKK BURNING CROSS. HOODED KLANSMEN. HIDDEN IDENTITIES. RACISM. NEW RACIST RECRUITS IN STREET CLOTHES. BURNING CROSS. 01:06:08 - MALCOLM X SPEAKS ON HUMAN RIGHTS STRUGGLE. MALCOLM X USES THE TERM AFRO-AMERICAN. ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION, SMALL INTIMATE GROUP. BLACK AUDIENCE LISTENS. 01:09:13 - MALCOLM X AT PODIUM SPEAKING BEFORE PEOPLE. MOS RALLY. 01:09:39 - MALCOLM X SPEAKS ON AFRO-AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL. FREEDOM TO THE WOMAN. BLACK AUDIENCE LISTENS 01:11:55 - RALLY, AFRICAN WOMEN WITH BABIES ON THEIR BACKS. HUNDREDS OF BLACK WOMEN WITH STICKS. RIOT KEPT BACK BY POLICE. SOUTH AFRICA WOMAN DANCING SINGING. MOS 01:13:15 - MALCOLM X SPEAKING ON TERM AFRO-AMERICANS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-6015