<I>Legacy of a Dream</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1975
name: label: Directed by
content: Richard Kaplan, American, 1925 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Written by
content: Richard Kaplan, American, 1925 - 2018
label: Produced by
content: Richard Kaplan, American, 1925 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Andrew Jackson Young, American, born 1932
label: Narrated by
content: James Earl Jones, American, born 1931
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 Legacy of a Dream. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film is an abridged version of the 180-minute Academy Award-nominated documentary King: A Filmed Record; Montgomery to Memphis. It comprises of mostly archival footage of Dr. King's non-violent protests and includes footage of his Montgomery bus boycott and the concomitant carpools that African Americans created, as well as the Ku Klux Klan's retaliation because of the boycott.
label: Description
content: There is also footage of Dr. King being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964; footage from the Vietnam War and Dr. King's opposition of it; footage of the 1963 March on Washington; footage of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march; as well as footage of the 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom. Toward the end of the film, Mrs. Coretta Scott King makes an appearance, discussing the importance of black enfranchisement, while in the subsequent scene, Rep. Andrew Jackson Young can be seen talking to high school students about segregation.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: District of Columbia, 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: Prayer
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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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
label: Movement
content: Poor People's Campaign
label: Movement
content: Selma to Montgomery Marches
label: Movement
content: Anti-war movements
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: 2017.55.78.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: documentaries
label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color 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: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 28 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1000 Feet