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A biographical film of Martin Luther King Jr and the civil rights movement. MLK gives a statement calling off the protests in favor of careful negotiations. A shot of a segregated diner with “closed” signs blocking off the tables. In Birmingham, Albert Baldwell runs against Eugene “Bull” Connor for Mayor. After postponing demonstrations, the protests being again. Demonstrators dance and sing and march. Stills of police brutality.