MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. - FROM SELMA TO MONTOMERY, 1965
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On March 20th 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson supersedes segregationist Governor George Wallace's authority and calls up the Alabama National Guard to protect and supervise a planned civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. Selma's black population was marching for the right to register to vote without discrimination and the threat of violence. By the time the march reached Montgomery on March 25th 1965 King was supported by some 50,000 marchers who listened and watched as King delivered his famous "How Long, Not Long" speech from the steps of the Capitol building.
01:39:29
SELMA, ALABAMA: BLACK CITIZENS REGISTERING TO VOTE.
MLK ON VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE. URGING BLACK CITIZENS TO VOTE
01:40:12
VOLUNTEERS TRAINED IN NON-VIOLENCE RESISTANCE TECHNIQUES
01:40:26
POLICE ARRESTING BLACK CITIZENS AT NON-VIOLENT PROTEST
01:40:33
MARION, ALABAMA: FUNERAL FOR YOUNG DEMONSTRATOR WHO
WAS KILLED WHEN STATE TROOPERS DISPERSED PROTEST MARCH
01:40:41
MLK ON RAINY DAY MARCH IN MONTGOMERY
01:40:46
MARION, ALABAMA: STATE TROOPERS WEARING RIOT GEAR. POLICE BRUTALITY. TROOPERS BEATING CITIZENS. WOMAN IS BEATEN WITH BILLY CLUB.
01:41:32
MLK SPEAKS: "WE ARE GOING TO WALK NON-VIOLENTLY & PEACEFULLY TO LET THE NATION & THE WORLD KNOW THAT WE ARE TIRED NOW. WE'VE LIVED WITH SLAVERY & SEGREGATION 345 YEARS. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE REAL THE PROMISES OF DEMOCRACY."
01:42:20
SELMA, ALABAMA MARCH
01:42:50
POIGNANT MOMENT AS BLACK MAN TENDERLY HELPS HANDICAPPED WHITE MAN TO THE GROUND. COVERS HIM WITH BLANKET.
01:43:13
MARCHERS NEAR STATE CAPITOL IN MONTGOMERY. CU ROAD
SIGN: "LEAVE DALLAS CO. ENTER LOWNDES CO.". MLK MAKES SPEECH TO MARCHERS. AERIAL OVER MONTGOMERY CAPITOL BUILDING
01:43:38
RALLY ON STEPS OF ALABAMA CAPITOL. MLK INTRODUCED BY
REVEREND ABERNATHY. MLK SPEAKS: "WE ARE NOT ABOUT TO
TURN AROUND. WE ARE ON THE MOVE & NO WAVE OF RACISM
CAN STOP US." "HOW LONG NOT LONG" SPEECH
