A biographical film of Martin Luther King Jr and the civil rights movement. Footage of civil rights march on Washington because of the delay in congress on the civil rights bill in 1963. Protesters, black and white, fill the area around the national monument. Some carry signs and march, Footage of the aftermath of the bombing of a black baptist church in Birmingham. Bodies are carried out on gurneys. CU of the broken windows. MLK gives a statement in response, talking about how to move forward and white allies. Stills of John F Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson being sworn in after JFKs assassination.