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Martin Luther King Jr’s speech excerpts inter cut with footage of an assassination attempt, a funeral, and racial segregation. CU of 1963 speech about conquering the fear of death. August 1966 footage of crowd around MLK, gunfire is heard. Police push and rush through crowd. Shot of MLK taking off his tie as he says, “I’ve been hit so many times I’m immune to it.”1968 “We will get to the promised land”speech. Shots of white on black police brutality (a man is dragged through the street, a beaten, bloody man is arrested, tear gas, police vans) CU of MLK’s gravestone. A series of peaceful protest shots with MLK in the groups. A series of shots showing the racial segregation in the South under Jim Crow laws. ”Colored Waiting room" sign; “Colored” sign above bathroom; “White waiting room and restaurant"; “black balcony and restaurant”; a box full of “white restroom” signs; a black boy drinking from a water fountain with a “colored” sign above it. A shot of MLK sitting next to a while man on a train.