In this new 2022 high-definition program, be inspired as you learn all about the man behind the federal holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? What were his contributions to the civil rights movement? What was the significance of Dr. King's Letters from a Birmingham Jail? What was the purpose of the March on Washington in 1963? What was the message conveyed in Dr. King's famous 'I Have a Dream' speech? How and why do...

This historical compilation features highlights of major speeches given by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1. Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. - August 28, 1963 2. Brown Chapel, Selma, Alabama - March 8, 1965 3. Final Speech, day before Dr. King`s Assassination - April 3, 1968 4. Robert F. Kennedy Eulogy - April 4, 1968

This historical compilation features highlights of major speeches given by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1. The Protests 2. The Presidents of the United States John F. Kennedy Lyndon Baines Johnson 3. The Violence vx. Non-Violence Debate 4. Racism and Injustice 5. Viet Nam 6. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Philosophy

Seen and heard in this original footage are the highlights of dramatic speeches and coversations spanning 1956 to 1968, including his last address on April 3, 1968, the night before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. 1. Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Alabama - November, 13 1956 2. Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize - December 11, 1964 3. Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama - March 7, 1965 4. The Voting Rights Act is signed - August 6, 1965 5. Reflections...

At the river I stand: the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Memphis, Spring 1968 marked the dramatic climax of the Civil Rights movement. At the River I Stand skillfully reconstructs the two eventful months that transformed a strike by Memphis sanitation worker into a national conflagration, and disentangles the complex historical forces that came together with the inevitability of tragedy at the...

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s sister presents a personal, stirring account of the remarkable day Dr. King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech and of the man who went on to inspire nation.

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. Their efforts pit them against Chicago's powerful mayor, Richard Daley. When a series of marches through all-white neighborhoods draws violence, King and Daley negotiate with mixed results. In Detroit, a police raid in a black neighborhood sparks an urban uprising...

African-American History Great Speeches contains speeches from eight current and past African-American icons. Subjects range from the civil rights movement of the 1960s to freedom for South Africa to present day politics in America. Speeches include: Martin Luther King, Jr. accepting the Noble Peace Prize in 1964 Malcolm X addressing the Northern Negro Grass Roots Leadership Conference in 1963 Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice giving the...

No Greater Cause chronicles the height of the anti-Vietnam war movement in the Bay Area. Footage shows the massive confrontations in Oakland between police and anti-draft protestors in l967; the rally of 100,000 against the war at Kezar Stadium in April, l967. On October 12, 1968, GI's for Peace organized and led a San Francisco march to end the war in Vietnam. Vietnam veteran Donald Duncan told demonstrators, Protestors are the best friends the soldiers...