13178_41124_mlk_civil_rights12
Subjects
B&W
Color
A biographical film about Martin Luther King Jr, and the civil rights movement. Footage of MLKs funeral in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968. Amazing grace is played. A speech is given by Ralph Abernathy,a civil rights leader and minister, about how he created a “army with no missiles”. His leadership is celebrated. Reporters film and take photos, and a huge crowd surrounds the coffin and pulpit.