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A variety of shots focusing on the Civil Rights Movement in the 60s in America. Blacks and whites and policeman all angry and hostile at an unknown demonstration. Political activist, James Howard Meredith, leading the March Against Fear from Memphis to Jackson, Mississippi. Meredith is shot and wounded and the white shooter is arrested. Martin Luther King, Jr. picks up the march and thousands join. Marchers chanting “We Shall Overcome”. Police later launch tear gas against marchers who were pitching tents.