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Close-up of Martin Luther King Jr. giving a speech in Birmingham, Alabama (April 1963). “But the minute you conquer the fear of death – at that moment – you are free.” Medium shot of MLK amongst a crowd of people in Chicago, Illinois (August 1966). A sound of a gunshot goes off off-screen. MLK: “I’ve been hit so many times I’m immune to it.” MLK delivers the speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” to a crowd of people in Memphis Tennessee, April 3, 1968. Various shots of policemen beating and arresting African American protesters in the streets. Close-up of MLK’s gravestone, narrator talks about the death of MLK, which took place the very next day.