Ann Scherer Interview About On the Case
Ann Scherer discussed her late husband Edward Scherer and his 1968 film about the Poor People’s Campaign. On the Case documented…
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A Time for Freedom
2019-01-21T13:10:07-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMzY1XC8yMDE5MDEyMTEzMzUxOTAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==This film documents the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom,” a civil rights demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial on May 17, 1957. Approximately 25,000 people gathered to mark the third anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, and to call for civil rights legislation to address the problems of segregation and racial violence. Speakers include A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr., Harry Belafonte, Rosa Parks, and Mahalia Jackson. The film also includes interviews with attendees, and scenes from the Montgomery bus boycott, Harlem, New York, and segregated areas in the South.
This film documents the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom,” a civil rights demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial on May 17, 1957.…
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This film documents the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom,” a civil rights demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial on May 17, 1957. Approximately 25,000 people gathered to mark the third anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, and to call for civil rights legislation to address the problems of segregation and racial violence. Speakers include A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr., Harry Belafonte, Rosa Parks, and Mahalia Jackson. The film also includes interviews with attendees, and scenes from the Montgomery bus boycott, Harlem, New York, and segregated areas in the South. close
This film documents the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom,” a civil rights demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial on May 17, 1957.… read more
This film documents the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom,” a civil rights demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial on May 17, 1957. Approximately 25,000 people gathered to mark the third anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, and to call for civil rights legislation to address the problems of segregation and racial violence. Speakers include A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr., Harry Belafonte, Rosa Parks, and Mahalia Jackson. The film also includes interviews with attendees, and scenes from the Montgomery bus boycott, Harlem, New York, and segregated areas in the South. close
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