The Civil Rights Protests of the 1960s in America, 1961

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15.2.61 Silent. Shots of a small snow-covered American town. Classroom with African American students writing and studying and a white female teacher. 25.6.61 Sound. Washington DC. Poster advertisi...

15.2.61 Silent. Shots of a small snow-covered American town. Classroom with African American students writing and studying and a white female teacher. 25.6.61 Sound. Washington DC. Poster advertising appearance of Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, speaking at Uline Arena on "Separation or Death". Long line of African American men and women waiting outside. Men in militaristic uniforms. Guards frisking people as they enter. Wide shot of audience with close-up of women in white headscarves. Woman speaking at the rostrum. Malcolm X speaking. Audience donating $20; general amusement when it is suggested that money is being donated by George Lincoln Rockwell. 7.11.61 Silent. Chicago, Illinois. African Americans protesting against the segregation policies that exist in the city. People entering hall for mass meeting. African American clergyman speaking. A large booth at the front of the room hiding the identity of a teacher who fears that they will lose their job if their identity is revealed. He/she leaving booth covered in sheet. 1.10.66 Sound. San Francisco, California. Police and National Guard battling with rioting African Americans. Street littered with debris. Car peppered with bullet holes. Shots of several injured African American men. African American men walking in street with hands raised with armed police escort. National Guard troops marching. Troops attacking a man at night. 11.7.67 Sound. Greensboro, North Carolina. Armed guards protecting house of African American minister, Reverend Frank Williams, in a white neighbourhood. Williams speaking about his decision to stay in area. 12.2.68 Silent. Orangeburg, South Carolina. Aftermath of integration riots that left three dead and thirty-four injured. The 'All Star Snack Bar' whose segregation policy initiated the riots. National Guard soldiers talking, others marching at night. Governor of Orangeburg, Robert McNair, speaking at press conference. 11.7.68 Sound. New York. Rioting outside City Hall. Plain-clothed policeman pushing African American man through crowd. Man speaking through megaphone; clapping and chanting from crowd. Elderly African American woman speaking to reporter. 16.7.68 Sound. People demonstrating outside Black Panther, Huey P. Newton's trial for killing a policeman. Officials restraining African American man. Outside courthouse, crowd demonstrating. Black Panther leader attempting to keep the crowd moving.

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