<I>Martin Luther King Jr.: From Montgomery to Memphis</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1969
name: label: Directed by
content: Dan McCarroll
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary short with the title Martin Luther King Jr.: From Montgomery to Memphis. It consists of a single reel of black-and-white 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: Through archival footage, the documentary provides an overview of Dr. Martin Luther King's contributions to the civil rights movement. In the opening scene, the narrator describes Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger before cutting to archival footage of Dr. King on camera describing the Montgomery bus boycott. Some of the other events depicted include footage of the boycott, including footage of carpools and people walking, as well as commentary on Dr. King's house being bombed because of the boycott; Dr. King's arrest because of his role in the boycott; footage of Dr. King speaking at a victory meeting following the Supreme Court's ruling to desegregate the bus system in Alabama; development of the students non-violent committee; footage of his "I Have A Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial; footage of nonviolence resistance training; his work in other parts of the USA, such as Albany and Georgia; commentary on his role in the garbage collectors’ strike; footage of the Selma to Montgomery march; Dr. King's work in Northern cities such as New York and Chicago where his activism shifted to housing, employment and poverty in black communities, as well as the resultant white backlash he faced in the North; and commentary on Dr. King denouncing the Vietnam war. The final scenes include footage of Dr. King's last speech, given the night before he was assassinated, as well as footage from his funeral procession.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.50.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 23 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 825 Feet