- Title: F-6019
- Summary: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. JULY 28-29, 1965 MLK MAKES SPEECH AT ARENA IN CLEVELAND. TALKS ABOUT BEING THROWN BEHIND AND TO EXCEL AT WHAT ONE CHOOSES TO. DOORS OPEN TO THINGS THAT WERE NOT OPEN TO PARENTS. "SET OUT TO DO IT WELL". DILEMMA AND CHALLENGE AHEAD. DON'T SET OUT TO BE "GOOD NEGRO", YOU HAVE ALREADY FAILED AT INTEGRATION. SET OUT TO DO IT WELL. "BE THE BEST AT WHATEVER YOU ARE". BE THE BEST STREET SWEEPER. ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE. DEVELOP AT GRAND ALLIANCE, COALITION OF CONSCIENCE. "NEGROES AND WHITES WORKING TOGETHER". CAN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM ALONE. "SHARE SOME OF THE PIE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE". MLK BEING INTERVIEWED BY MOB OF REPORTERS. LOCAL LEADERSHIP. ASKS WHAT THE CHICAGO MARCH ACHIEVED. WIDE SHOT FOOTAGE OF AUDIENCE IN ARENA LISTENING TO DR. KING'S SPEECH. CU BLACK PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LISTEN TO SPEECH. HANDING OUT COLLECTION BOX. WEARING "STOKES FOR MAYOR" TAGS. WHITE MALE BIGOTS PROTESTING DR. KING'S APPEARANCE. LOBBY OF THEATER. BLACK POLICEMAN WATCHES PROTESTERS WITH PLACARDS. "FORCED INTEGRATION IS WRONG". OLD LADIES WITH SIGNS ABOUT KING'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. YOUNG WHITE CITIZENS COUNCIL. CLAIM KING IS A COMMUNIST. BLACKS WATCH RACISTS. BLACK MAN SMOKES PIPE. BLACK WOMEN AND MEN GET OFF OF CITY BUS IN FRONT OF PROTESTERS.
- Description:01:52:39 - JULY 29, 1965 LONGWOOD PLAZA. OUTDOOR SPEECH. CROWD OF BLACKS LISTEN. ABERNATHY MAKES OPENING SPEECH. SAYS TO REGISTER TO VOTE. KING INTERVIEWED BY WHITE REPORTER. TELLS ABOUT PURPOSE OF THE TOUR. HOPES FOR THE FUTURE OF HIS ORGANIZATION. SOUTHERN ORGANIZATION. SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1965
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-6019