March On Washington: 20 Years Later
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
This is a documentary on the 1983 March On Washington, which commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the 1963 March On Washington. It is narrated and hosted by Sheila Banks. The program is divided into three primary sections. Historical context of the 1960s Black Civil Rights Movement dominates the first portion of the program. Footage and photographic topics include: the Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott of 1955-56, the May 17, 1954 Supreme Court ruling of "Brown vs. The Board of Education," the "Little Rock 9" incident concerning school desegregation in Arkansas and the notorious street protests in Birmingham, Alabama.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Archival aerial footage showing the Washington Monument, Mall, Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial, two scenes, contrasting the March On Washington on August 28, 1963 and the March On Washington on August 28, 1983, are shown.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
DO NOT USE Opening credits, "March On Washington: Twenty Years Later."
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Sheila Banks, reporter, is shown covering the March On Washington in 1983 for air on a news broadcast. Reporting in the shadow of the Washington National Monument, Banks is standing amongst supporters. The modern Civil Right Movement began on a bus.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Transitioning from archival footage of a bus moving throughout a city street
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Rev. Joseph Lowery, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is interviewed.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Archival footage of a television program about the Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott of 1955-56.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
DO NOT USE Still of Rosa Parks, three-quarter length portrait, seated toward front of bus, facing right, Montgomery, Alabama.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Archival footage of boycott: panning TLS empty bus taking turn
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Rev. Joseph Lowery, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is interviewed.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Rear view MS white people sitting in front of bus; CU segregation sign on bus. "White. Please do not move board." Footage then shows the Montgomery Police Commissioner during an interview at the time of the protest and a bus yard after black residents began their bus boycott.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Rev. Joseph Lowery, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is interviewed on the bus boycott.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Various newspaper headlines from May 17, 1954, concerning the Supreme Court's ruling on the case of "Brown vs. The Board of Education," are shown.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
DO NOT USE Then, two archival photographs depicting black and white school children together at school.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Reaction footage of a Ku Klux Klan leader is shown.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
The Little Rock 9 (Little Rock Nine) are seen in various segments of footage being tormented by white supporters of segregation as they try to enter a recently desegregated school in 1957. Additional footage shows the National Guard, on a following day, escorting the Little Rock 9 with machine guns in hand as whites hurl rocks at them.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
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March On Washington: 20 Years Later
An interview with Rep. Walter Fauntroy, National Director of the 20th Anniversary March, is interviewed in retrospect to race relations in the 1950s.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
DO NOT USE Still photos. Various white only, black only signs (Jim Crow, segregation) are shown.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Footage of a lunch counter sit-in where police officers are seen arresting black protesters. Archival footage of a street protest in Birmingham, Alabama is shown. It depicts black protesters being chased by police officers and police dogs and being hit with water from high-pressure fire hoses.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
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March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Joseph Rauh, Civil Rights Activist, is interviewed.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
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March On Washington: 20 Years Later
Joseph Rauh, Civil Rights Activist, is interviewed.