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A biographical film about Martin Luther King Jr and the civil rights movement. MLK gives a statement about sit ins and desegregation. Still of MLK getting arrested. Footage of a court case in Alabama in which MLK was acquitted after being falsely accused of cheating on income taxes. MLK gives a statement about this victory. Footage of MLK getting arrested during the 1960 presidential campaign. Nixon and John F Kennedy give speeches. MLK leaves prison. JFK sits in an office with his new administration. A black and white man sit next to one another at a diner and chat. A black and whit men exit a building and the camera pans up to the sign above the door that reads “ White waiting room and restaurant.”