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Reporter: SEVERAL THOUSAND NEGRO
DEMONSTRATORS ARE PARTICIPATING
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IN THIS LARGEST CIVIL RIGHTS
DEMONSTRATION EVER
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IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
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TODAY, AS THE MARCH MOVES UP
TOWARDS CITY HALL,
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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WILL
SPEAK TO THE STRIKING WORKERS
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AND THEIR SYMPATHIZERS,
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NOW ESTIMATED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
5,000 AND 8,000.
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Reporter: CHAOS HAS JUST
BROKEN OUT DOWNTOWN.
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NEGRO YOUTHS ARE
SMASHING WINDOWS.
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Reporter: WELL, CHIEF, WHAT IS
THE CONDITION OF THE CITY?
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Police Chief:
THE CITY IS UNDER ATTACK.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.:
LIKE ANYBODY,
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I WOULD LIKE TO
LIVE A LONG LIFE,
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LONGEVITY HAS ITS PLACE.
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Man: THIS IS WMPS
HEADLINE NEWS AT 8:25,
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DICK WEEHAN REPORTING,
WASHINGTON.
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U.S. AUTHORITIES HAVE REVEALED
A SHORTAGE OF BOMBS
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IN SOUTH VIETNAM
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IS CURTAILING AIR ATTACKS
ON THE VIET CONG.
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Reporter: THE PRESIDENT HAS
FREQUENTLY INTERRUPTED
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HIS DAY-LONG CONFERENCE
ON VIETNAM PROBLEMS
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TO STAY IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH
THE VOLATILE RACIAL DISORDERS
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THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
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King: THE BOMBS IN VIETNAM
EXPLODED HOME.
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THEY DESTROYED THE DREAM
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AND POSSIBILITY
FOR A DECENT AMERICA.
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Lyndon B. Johnson: LET US CLOSE
THE SPRINGS OF RACIAL POISON
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AND MAKE OUR NATION WHOLE.
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Reporter: THE MOST MASSIVE
SERIES OF DEMONSTRATIONS
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EVER ATTEMPTED IS THE PROMISE
OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
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LEADER OF A PLANNED APRIL
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE DRIVE
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IN WASHINGTON.
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Johnson: I WILL NOT ACCEPT
THE NOMINATION OF MY PARTY
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FOR ANOTHER TERM
AS YOUR PRESIDENT.
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King: I WILL DIE STANDING UP
FOR THE FREEDOM OF MY PEOPLE!
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AND THEY WILL KNOW
I SPOKE THE TRUTH.
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FROM RADIO MEMPHIS WMPS.
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♪ W-M-P-S WITH
THE WEATHER SCOOP! ♪
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HERE'S THE WMPS WEATHER SCOOP
FOR MEMPHIS IN THE MID-SOUTH.
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CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS AND MILD
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
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THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.
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PARTLY CLOUDY AND
CONTINUING MILD
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
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THE LOW TONIGHT, 55,
THE HIGH TUESDAY, 75,
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AND THE LOW TUESDAY NIGHT, 50.
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PRESENT BAROMETRIC PRESSURE,
29.7.
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THIS IS RAY SHERMAN,
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UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
IN MEMPHIS.
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1,000 STRIKING
SANITATION WORKERS
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DEMANDED MAYOR HENRY LOEB
HEAR THEIR GRIEVANCES.
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THE GARBAGE COLLECTORS,
PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO,
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WANT HIGHER PAY AND
UNION RECOGNITION.
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James Lawson: WE ARE INSISTING
THAT JUSTICE MUST BE DONE
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FOR THE SANITATION WORKERS.
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ALL THEIR JUST AND FAIR DEMANDS
MUST BE MET.
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AND THAT AT THE SAME TIME,
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BOTH PRIVATE BUSINESS
AND CITY GOVERNMENT
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MUST PROVIDE
A GREATER PERCENTAGE
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OF NEW AND IMPORTANT JOBS
TO NEGROES.
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Henry Loeb:
THIS WORK STOPPAGE DIRECTLY
AFFECTS THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
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LET NO ONE MAKE
A MISTAKE ABOUT IT,
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THE GARBAGE IS GOING TO BE
PICKED UP IN MEMPHIS.
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PJ Ciampa:
I RECOGNIZE LOCAL 1733
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AS THE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE
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FOR EMPLOYEES DESIGNATING
EXCLUSIVE OR OTHERWISE.
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HE DOESN'T WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE UNION.
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Reporter: THE MEMPHIS CHAPTER
OF THE NAACP
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SAYS THE CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP WILL
BEGIN PROTEST ACTIONS MONDAY
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UNLESS THE CITY MEETS DEMANDS
OF STRIKING GARBAGE COLLECTORS.
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Reporter: POLICE USED
RIOT CONTROL GAS
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AND NIGHTSTICKS THIS AFTERNOON
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TO BREAK UP A DISTURBANCE AMONG
A GROUP OF STRIKING GARBAGE MEN.
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PART OF THE GROUP OF
ABOUT 1,000 MARCHERS
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BEGAN ROCKING A POLICE CAR,
AND POLICE WADED IN.
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Man: IF I WERE THE MAYOR OF
THIS CITY, I WOULD BE ASHAMED.
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Roy Wilkins:
ANYBODY WHO RUNS AROUND
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PICKING ON PEACEFUL PEOPLE
IS BUILDING FOR TROUBLE.
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[APPLAUSE]
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Lawson:
WE PROBABLY CANNOT EXPECT
PROTECTION OF NEGRO PEOPLE
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FROM BRUTALITY AND
FROM REPRESSION LOCALLY.
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THE EAR AND THE POWER OUTSIDE
OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS.
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Reporter: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
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HAS URGED THE MEMPHIS
NEGRO COMMUNITY
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TO ENGAGE IN A GENERAL
WORK STOPPAGE AND SCHOOL BOYCOTT
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IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S
STRIKING SANITATION WORKERS.
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King: SO I COME TO COMMEND YOU,
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AND I COME ALSO TO SAY TO YOU
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THAT IN THIS STRUGGLE
YOU HAVE THE ABSOLUTE SUPPORT,
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AND THAT MEANS
FINANCIAL SUPPORT, ALSO,
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OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
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[APPLAUSE]
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ALL OVER AMERICA,
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THE VAST MAJORITY OF NEGROES IN
OUR COUNTRY ARE STILL PERISHING
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ON A LONELY ISLAND OF POVERTY
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IN THE MIDST OF A VAST OCEAN
OF MATERIAL PROSPERITY.
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AND IT IS CRIMINAL TO HAVE
PEOPLE WORKING A FULL-TIME JOB
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GETTING PART-TIME INCOME.
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[APPLAUSE]
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Loeb: IF THE MEN DO NOT RETURN
TO WORK IMMEDIATELY,
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WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT TO EMPLOY OTHERS
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TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
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THIS IS RAY SHERMAN
ON THE SCENE.
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SEVERAL THOUSAND NEGRO
DEMONSTRATORS ARE PARTICIPATING
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IN THIS LARGEST CIVIL RIGHTS
DEMONSTRATION EVER
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IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
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THIS MASSIVE DOWNTOWN MARCH
ON MEMPHIS IS NOW UNDER WAY.
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SEVERAL THOUSAND NEGROES ARE
MARCHING TOWARD CITY HALL
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AT THIS TIME.
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MANY OF THE DEMONSTRATORS ARE
CARRYING THE SIGN "I AM A MAN."
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THEY STRETCH OUT
FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS.
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LATER TODAY AS THE MARCH
MOVES UP TOWARDS CITY HALL,
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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WILL
SPEAK TO THE STRIKING WORKERS
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AND THEIR SYMPATHIZERS,
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NOW ESTIMATED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
5,000 AND 8,000.
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POLICE ARE ON HAND
WITH ABOUT 600 OFFICERS.
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ALMOST THE ENTIRE FORCE
IS STANDING BY HERE
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IN CASE ANY TROUBLE
MIGHT BREAK OUT.
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CHAOS HAS JUST
BROKEN OUT DOWNTOWN.
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NEGRO YOUTHS ARE
SMASHING WINDOWS.
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I JUST SAW A...
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[LOUD BANG]
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THAT SOUND YOU JUST HEARD
WAS THE SOUND OF A TEAR GAS
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FIRED BY A POLICE OFFICER
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IN AN ATTEMPT TO THWART
THIS UNRULY DEMONSTRATION.
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WE REPEAT, SEVERAL NEGRO YOUTHS
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STARTED RUNNING DOWN
MAIN STREET,
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SMASHING WINDOWS AS THEY RAN.
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POLICE ARE NOW MOVING DOWN
BEALE STREET.
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ANOTHER TEAR GAS CANISTER
HAS JUST BEEN FIRED
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BY MEMPHIS POLICE.
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NEGROES ARE RUNNING
IN EVERY DIRECTION.
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PROBABLY SOME MORE
GLASS WRECKAGE
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IN THE DOWNTOWN SECTION
OF MEMPHIS.
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TEAR GAS IS BOILING UP
FROM THE STREET,
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AND THE NEGRO YOUTHS
ARE FLEEING FROM THE AREA.
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POLICE ARE SCRAMBLING
DOWN BEALE STREET NOW.
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THERE'S BEEN A CALL OF HELP
FROM OTHER OFFICERS.
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OFFICERS ARE IN TROUBLE.
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THE NEGRO YOUTHS ARE SHOUTING
AT THIS TIME, "GO, GO, GO!"
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POLICE HAVE FORMED A CORDON
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AND ARE NOT PERMITTING THE MARCH
TO MOVE ANY FURTHER
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AT THIS POINT.
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THEY ARE MOVING IN
WITH RIOT GUNS
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AND TEAR GAS CANISTERS.
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HERE COMES THE TEAR GAS,
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AND THIS REPORTER JUST
GOT A STING OF IT.
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MAIN STREET IS LITTERED
WITH PICKETS.
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NEARLY EVERY STORE HAS HAD
ITS WINDOWS SHATTERED.
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NO DOUBT, ONE OF THE WORST
DISTURBANCES
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THAT HAVE EVER OCCURRED
IN MEMPHIS.
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THIS IS RAY SHERMAN
ON THE SCENE AGAIN.
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[LOUD BANG]
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THERE WENT ANOTHER
TEAR GAS CANISTER.
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SOME YOUTHS ARE STILL
HURLING OBJECTS AT OFFICERS.
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POLICE NOW HAVE CORDONED OFF
THE AREA AROUND CLAYBORN TEMPLE,
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WHERE THIS MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION
THAT WENT WILD AND CRAZY
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BEGAN EARLIER TODAY.
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MANY OF THE NEGRO DEMONSTRATORS
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HAVE TAKEN REFUGE
INSIDE THE CHURCH
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FROM THE TEAR GAS THAT
STILL FILLS THE AIR.
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AND INSIDE THE LEADERS
ARE APPEALING
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TO THE NEGRO YOUTHS
AND MILITANTS
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TO STOP AND DESIST FROM
THIS DISORDER AND VIOLENCE
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THAT HAS OCCURRED IN MEMPHIS.
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Lawson: YOU OBVIOUSLY
HAD A GROUP OF BOYS
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WHO WERE READY TO DO THAT,
AND THEY DID IT.
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THEY DIDN'T COME TO THE MARCH.
THEY DIDN'T CONSULT US.
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THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL
ABSOLUTELY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
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AND THIS TIME THEY GOT
THEIR CHANCE TO BREAK LOOSE,
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AND THEY TOOK IT.
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Sherman: WHAT HAPPENED
WITH DR. KING?
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Lawson: WELL, WE SURROUNDED HIM
WITH SOME MINISTERS
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AND MOVED HIM OUT OF THE AREA.
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Sherman:
IN AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION?
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Lawson: YEAH.
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Sherman: DO YOU THINK
THIS EVENT TODAY
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WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT
ON THE CITY GOVERNMENT
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TAKING ANY DIFFERENT
TYPE OF ACTION
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THAN THEY HAVE ON THE STRIKE?
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Man: OH, YOU CAN'T ALLOW THIS
SORT OF TERROR AND DISRUPTION
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TO GO ON IN A CITY LIKE OURS.
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YOU CAN BE SURE
IT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT.
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Loeb: WHEN THE MARCH,
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WHICH WAS TO BE PERMITTED,
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HAD IT REMAINED ORDERLY,
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DEGENERATED INTO A RIOT,
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ABANDONED BY ITS LEADERS,
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THE POLICE,
WITH MY FULL SANCTION,
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TOOK THE NECESSARY ACTION TO
PROTECT THE LIVES AND PROPERTY
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OF THE CITIZENS OF MEMPHIS.
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED
AND INVOKED A CURFEW,
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WHICH REQUIRES ALL CITIZENS
TO BE OFF THE STREETS
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OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS
BY 7:00 P.M. TONIGHT
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AND REMAIN OFF THE STREETS
UNTIL 5:00 A.M.
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PERSONS ON THE STREETS
DURING THESE HOURS
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WHO DO NOT HAVE LEGITIMATE
BUSINESS OR EMERGENCY REASONS
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WILL BE SUBJECT TO ARREST.
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WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
WILL BE DONE.
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Claude Armour:
THERE WILL BE 4,000 TROOPS
IN THIS CITY BY 6:00 P.M.,
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AND THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
IS THAT
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HE IS GOING TO MAINTAIN
LAW AND ORDER.
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WE SHOULD NOT LET FEAR
GET THE BEST OF US.
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AND WE'RE GOING TO
STOP THIS THING
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AND SEE THAT PEACE COMES
BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY.
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Reporter:
THESE TROOPS ARE ARMED,
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ARE THEY CARRYING AMMUNITION?
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General: UH, YES.
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THEY WILL PROTECT THEMSELVES,
OF COURSE.
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IF THE SITUATION DEMANDS IT,
THEY WILL RETURN THE FIRE.
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Reporter: GENERAL, DO YOU HAVE
ANY IDEA OF WHAT THE COST IS
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OF THIS OPERATION
TO THE TAXPAYERS OF TENNESSEE?
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General: NO, I'D BE AFRAID TO
MAKE A GUESS OFFHAND.
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IT'S NO SMALL COST.
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4,000 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
INTO THE CITY.
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HE'S ALSO ORDERED 200
RIOT-TRAINED STATE PATROLMEN
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TO MEMPHIS
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AND HAS PLACED
AN ADDITIONAL 8,000 GUARDSMEN
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ON STANDBY ALERT
AT ARMORIES NEAR MEMPHIS.
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Henry Lux: THE NATIONAL GUARD
HAS BEEN CALLED IN.
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WE HAVE HAD LOOTING AND BURNING,
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AND SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS
HAVE BEEN HURT.
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WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT
UNDER CONTROL AT THIS TIME.
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BUT AT THIS TIME,
IT'S SPREADING.
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Reporter: WAS IT SPONTANEOUS
OR PLANNED?
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Coby Smith: WELL, IT WAS
VERY MUCH SPONTANEOUS.
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I THINK WE BETTER GO ON RECORD
AS SAYING, ANYWAY.
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Reporter: YOU MEAN
IT WAS NOT SPONTANEOUS,
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BUT ON THE RECORD YOU WANT
TO SAY IT'S SPONTANEOUS?
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Smith: I THINK WE'LL JUST
LET THESE PROBLEMS
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JUST IRON THEMSELVES OUT,
HOWEVER PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE IT.
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BLACK PEOPLE ARE TIRED.
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Reporter: YOUR GROUP
HAD NOTHING TO DO, THEN,
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WITH TRYING TO TAKE OVER
DR. KING'S MARCH YESTERDAY?
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Smith: WELL, I CAN'T ACTUALLY
SAY CONCRETELY
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WHETHER WE--WE'RE GLAD TO SEE
THE CITY OF MEMPHIS
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WAKE UP TO REALITY.
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King: I MUST HONESTLY SAY THAT
DEMONSTRATION HERE YESTERDAY
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WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD
NO PART IN PLANNING.
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I WAS INVITED HERE BY
THE LEADERSHIP TO TAKE PART,
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AND WE CAME COLD.
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00:14:08,088 --> 00:14:11,402
WE DIDN'T KNOW
ALL OF THE FACTORS INVOLVED.
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I CAME HERE TO MAKE A SPEECH
TWO WEEKS AGO,
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AS SOME 15,000 PEOPLE ASSEMBLED.
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AND I ASSUMED THAT SOME OF
THE IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLES
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THAT WE FIND IN MOST CITIES
OVER THE NATION,
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PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH,
WERE NON-EXISTENT HERE.
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RIOTS ARE HERE.
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RIOTS ARE A PART OF THE UGLY
ATMOSPHERE OF OUR SOCIETY NOW.
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00:14:49,578 --> 00:14:53,478
I WOULD RATHER PUT MY TIME
AND PLACE MY ENERGY
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00:14:53,513 --> 00:14:56,550
INTO GETTING RID OF
THESE CONDITIONS,
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BECAUSE AS LONG AS THEY'RE HERE,
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THEY'RE GOING TO PRODUCE
ANGRY PEOPLE.
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Lux: WE'RE STILL HAVING
ISOLATED INCIDENTS OF VANDALISM
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AND SOME FIRES, BUT CERTAINLY
THERE IS A TREMENDOUS DECREASE.
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00:15:10,357 --> 00:15:12,670
AND I THINK THIS IS DUE IN PART
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TO THE GUARD MEN PRESENT
AND HEAVIER PATROLS.
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King: I'M CONVINCED THAT
NON-VIOLENCE IS THE WAY,
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AND THAT VIOLENCE
IS NOT THE ANSWER.
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00:15:22,162 --> 00:15:23,508
Reporter: DOES THAT MEAN
THERE WILL BE NO MORE VIOLENCE
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IN MEMPHIS?
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King: WELL, I CAN'T GUARANTEE
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AND GO TO WASHINGTON.
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I'M SIMPLY SAYING THAT
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WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
NON-VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION HERE.
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Reporter: DR. KING,
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS?
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00:15:39,283 --> 00:15:41,664
King: I WILL BE LEAVING MEMPHIS
LATER TODAY,
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GOING BACK TO ATLANTA.
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00:15:43,425 --> 00:15:46,393
AND MY NEXT STEP WOULD BE
TO COME BACK TO MEMPHIS,
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AND THAT, WE HOPE,
CAN TAKE PLACE
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IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE DAYS.
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Reporter: DR. KING...
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King: WE'VE GOT TO GIVE
OURSELVES TO THIS STRUGGLE
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00:16:04,825 --> 00:16:06,413
UNTIL THE END.
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00:16:06,448 --> 00:16:08,519
NOTHING WOULD BE MORE TRAGIC
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00:16:08,553 --> 00:16:13,662
THAN TO STOP AT THIS POINT
IN MEMPHIS.
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00:16:13,696 --> 00:16:16,182
I WANT TO THANK GOD ONCE MORE
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00:16:16,216 --> 00:16:20,220
FOR ALLOWING ME
TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
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00:16:20,255 --> 00:16:23,775
I LEFT ATLANTA THIS MORNING,
AND THEN I GOT INTO MEMPHIS.
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AND SOME BEGAN
TO SAY THE THREATS
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00:16:29,195 --> 00:16:32,577
OR TALK ABOUT THE THREATS
THAT WERE OUT.
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00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:41,138
OR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME FROM
SOME OF OUR SICK WHITE BROTHERS.
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00:16:41,172 --> 00:16:44,313
WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW.
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00:16:44,348 --> 00:16:46,936
WE'VE GOT SOME
DIFFICULT DAYS AHEAD.
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00:16:48,248 --> 00:16:50,457
BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER
WITH ME NOW,
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00:16:50,492 --> 00:16:52,356
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
TO THE MOUNTAINTOP.
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[CHEERING]
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AND I DON'T MIND.
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LIKE ANYBODY, I WOULD LIKE
TO LIVE A LONG LIFE,
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00:17:04,436 --> 00:17:08,786
LONGEVITY HAS ITS PLACE.
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00:17:08,819 --> 00:17:12,617
BUT I'M NOT CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT NOW.
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00:17:12,652 --> 00:17:16,656
I JUST WANT TO DO GOD'S WILL,
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00:17:16,690 --> 00:17:20,453
AND HE'S ALLOWED ME
TO GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN.
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00:17:20,487 --> 00:17:23,145
AND I'VE LOOKED OVER,
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00:17:23,180 --> 00:17:28,150
AND I'VE SEEN THE PROMISED LAND.
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00:17:28,185 --> 00:17:30,946
I MAY NOT GET THERE WITH YOU,
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00:17:30,980 --> 00:17:35,744
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW TONIGHT
THAT WE, AS A PEOPLE,
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00:17:35,778 --> 00:17:38,678
WILL GET TO THE PROMISED LAND!
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00:17:38,712 --> 00:17:41,163
[CHEERING]
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00:17:43,683 --> 00:17:47,238
SO I'M HAPPY TONIGHT,
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANYTHING.
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00:17:47,273 --> 00:17:49,654
I'M NOT FEARING ANY MAN.
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MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY
OF THE COMING OF THE LORD!
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00:17:54,556 --> 00:17:56,696
[APPLAUSE]
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[GUNSHOT]
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Reporter: MEMPHIS POLICE REPORT
THEY HAVE JUST CONFIRMED
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00:20:46,452 --> 00:20:50,007
THAT REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING
HAS BEEN SHOT.
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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
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00:21:00,914 --> 00:21:04,228
ACCORDING TO WHAT ONE OF
HIS AIDES TOLD THIS REPORTER,
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00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:05,919
WAS STANDING ON A BALCONY.
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00:21:05,954 --> 00:21:08,577
Man: IN THE MOTEL ROOM,
GETTING READY TO GO TO DINNER.
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00:21:08,612 --> 00:21:11,442
HE WAS GOING TO MY HOUSE FOR
DINNER, AS A MATTER OF FACT.
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00:21:11,477 --> 00:21:12,926
Jesse Jackson: AND SO I SAID,
"DOCTOR, ARE YOU READY TO GO?"
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00:21:12,961 --> 00:21:17,310
AND HE SAID, "YES, JESSE. LET'S
GET READY TO GO RIGHT NOW."
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00:21:17,345 --> 00:21:18,829
Reporter: YOU DID HEAR A SHOT?
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00:21:18,863 --> 00:21:21,280
Man: WE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED
JUST LIKE A FIRECRACKER,
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00:21:21,314 --> 00:21:23,834
A LOUD, A REAL LOUD SHOT.
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00:21:23,868 --> 00:21:27,182
Jackson: I SAID, "DR. KING,"
AND THAT WAS IT.
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00:21:28,666 --> 00:21:30,806
AND THE BULLET EXPLODED
IN HIS FACE.
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00:21:30,841 --> 00:21:32,670
Man: HE HAD FALLEN BACKWARDS,
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00:21:32,705 --> 00:21:34,741
AND I HEARD SOMEBODY HOLLER,
"OH, LORD!"
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00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:39,021
Jackson: THE BULLET KNOCKED HIM
UP OFF OF HIS FEET
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00:21:39,056 --> 00:21:41,679
IN THAT DIRECTION AGAINST
THAT LEDGE OVER THERE.
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00:21:41,714 --> 00:21:43,267
Reporter: DID DR. KING
SAY ANYTHING?
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00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:44,406
Man: HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING,
HE JUST--
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00:21:44,441 --> 00:21:45,890
HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.
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00:21:45,925 --> 00:21:47,478
Sherman:
IT'S A HECTIC SCENE TONIGHT.
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00:21:47,513 --> 00:21:50,067
A BULLET STRUCK DR. KING
IN THE BACK OF THE NECK.
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00:21:50,101 --> 00:21:53,139
HE WAS RUSHED TO ST. JOSEPH
HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
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00:21:53,173 --> 00:21:55,452
[SIREN]
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00:21:55,486 --> 00:21:58,869
Man: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS
RECEIVED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM
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00:21:58,903 --> 00:22:04,702
AT ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL
AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 P.M.
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00:22:04,737 --> 00:22:07,878
Nurse: WELL, I JUST WAS TOLD
THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOT.
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00:22:07,912 --> 00:22:09,914
THE REPORT I GOT
WAS IN THE SHOULDER.
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00:22:09,949 --> 00:22:11,191
IT WAS SERIOUS.
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00:22:11,226 --> 00:22:14,229
THAT'S WHAT I GOT FROM
REVEREND ANDREW YOUNG.
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00:22:14,263 --> 00:22:15,575
Man: HE IS
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM,
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00:22:15,610 --> 00:22:17,266
AND HE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
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00:22:17,301 --> 00:22:20,373
Man: AND THERE WAS
20 OR 30 DOCTORS,
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00:22:20,408 --> 00:22:22,651
AND THEY TRIED
EXTERNAL HEART MASSAGE,
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00:22:22,686 --> 00:22:25,205
AND HIS RESPIRATION MUSCLES
WERE PARALYZED,
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00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,690
AND EVERYTHING ELSE
WAS PARALYZED,
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00:22:26,724 --> 00:22:28,864
AND HE HAD LOST
ALL HIS SENSATIONS.
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00:22:28,899 --> 00:22:30,763
HE STILL DIDN'T HAVE ANY BLOOD.
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00:22:30,797 --> 00:22:33,041
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,
REALLY A MASSIVE WOUND.
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00:22:33,075 --> 00:22:35,354
I'VE NEVER SEEN
A WOUND LIKE THIS.
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00:22:36,596 --> 00:22:40,082
7:05 P.M., APRIL 4, 1968,
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00:22:40,117 --> 00:22:42,602
MARTIN LUTHER KING
WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
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00:23:17,188 --> 00:23:18,880
Reporter: DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THIS
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00:23:18,914 --> 00:23:21,261
TO THE VIOLENCE THAT
OCCURRED LAST WEEK?
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00:23:21,296 --> 00:23:23,747
OR DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS
A CONTINUATION OF IT?
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00:23:23,781 --> 00:23:26,750
Man: I JUST HAVE NO, NO IDEA WHY
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00:23:26,784 --> 00:23:28,959
ANYBODY WOULD WANT
TO SHOOT DR. KING.
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00:23:28,993 --> 00:23:30,443
Jackson: GOD KNOWS THIS IS
THE MOST TRAGIC THING
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00:23:30,478 --> 00:23:32,445
THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED
IN MY LIFE.
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00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,516
Lawson: I CANNOT IN ANY WAY
TRY TO DESCRIBE TO YOU
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00:23:34,551 --> 00:23:41,558
THE PAIN AND THE SHOCK THAT I
FEEL ON THIS VERY DREARY MOMENT
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00:23:41,592 --> 00:23:44,733
IN THE LIFE OF THIS CITY,
AND IN THE LIFE OF THIS NATION,
357
00:23:44,768 --> 00:23:46,459
AND IN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE.
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00:23:46,494 --> 00:23:48,219
Jackson: THE PATHOLOGY
AND THE SICKNESS
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00:23:48,254 --> 00:23:50,981
AND THE NEUROSIS OF MEMPHIS
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00:23:51,015 --> 00:23:53,984
AND OF THIS RACIST SOCIETY
IN WHICH WE LIVE
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00:23:54,018 --> 00:23:56,780
IS THAT THAT REALLY
PULLED THE TRIGGER.
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00:23:58,954 --> 00:24:01,716
TO SOME EXTENT DR. KING HAS BEEN
A BUFFER THE LAST TWO YEARS
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00:24:01,750 --> 00:24:05,823
BETWEEN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
AND THE WHITE COMMUNITY.
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00:24:05,858 --> 00:24:07,135
THE WHITE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW IT,
365
00:24:07,169 --> 00:24:10,449
BUT THE WHITE PEOPLE'S
BEST FRIEND IS DEAD.
366
00:24:24,808 --> 00:24:29,951
Robert F. Kennedy: I HAVE SOME
VERY SAD NEWS FOR ALL OF YOU.
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00:24:32,056 --> 00:24:34,473
COULD YOU LOWER THOSE SIGNS,
PLEASE?
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00:24:35,784 --> 00:24:39,270
I HAVE SOME VERY SAD NEWS
FOR ALL OF YOU.
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00:24:39,305 --> 00:24:44,344
AND I THINK SAD NEWS
FOR ALL OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS
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00:24:44,379 --> 00:24:48,210
AND PEOPLE WHO LOVE PEACE
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
371
00:24:48,245 --> 00:24:51,386
AND THAT IS THAT
MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS SHOT
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00:24:51,420 --> 00:24:53,146
AND WAS KILLED TONIGHT
IN MEMPHIS.
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00:24:53,181 --> 00:24:54,907
[SCREAMS]
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00:24:56,633 --> 00:24:58,427
WHAT WE NEED IN
THE UNITED STATES
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00:24:58,462 --> 00:25:00,913
IS NOT DIVISION.
376
00:25:00,947 --> 00:25:04,433
WHAT WE NEED IN
THE UNITED STATES IS NOT HATRED.
377
00:25:04,468 --> 00:25:05,538
WHAT WE NEED IN
THE UNITED STATES
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00:25:05,573 --> 00:25:09,335
IS NOT VIOLENCE
AND LAWLESSNESS,
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00:25:09,369 --> 00:25:15,168
BUT IS LOVE AND WISDOM AND
COMPASSION TOWARD ONE ANOTHER.
380
00:25:15,203 --> 00:25:18,102
AND A FEELING OF JUSTICE
TOWARD THOSE
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00:25:18,137 --> 00:25:21,416
WHO STILL SUFFER
WITHIN OUR COUNTRY.
382
00:25:22,693 --> 00:25:24,350
MY NAME IS BEN HOOKS.
383
00:25:24,384 --> 00:25:27,284
I KNEW DR. KING PERSONALLY
AND INTIMATELY.
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00:25:27,318 --> 00:25:30,045
I LOVED HIM AS I WOULD HAVE
LOVED A BROTHER.
385
00:25:31,460 --> 00:25:34,705
AND SO I CALL ON ALL OF
OUR FRIENDS HERE IN MEMPHIS
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00:25:34,740 --> 00:25:36,465
TO STAY IN YOUR HOMES TONIGHT.
387
00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:39,641
AND RATHER THAN BREAK WINDOWS
OR SHOOT OR HATE,
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00:25:39,676 --> 00:25:41,574
GO ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY TO GOD
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00:25:41,609 --> 00:25:42,886
THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
FOR THE THINGS
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00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,579
FOR WHICH
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., DIED.
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00:25:57,901 --> 00:25:59,834
Reporter: IN MEMPHIS,
THE MANHUNT CONTINUES.
392
00:25:59,868 --> 00:26:01,974
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR
A YOUNG, WELL-DRESSED MAN
393
00:26:02,008 --> 00:26:03,216
SEEN LEAVING A BRICK BUILDING
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00:26:03,251 --> 00:26:06,116
ACROSS THE STREET FROM
THE LORRAINE HOTEL.
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00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:34,489
William Morris: IT'S BELIEVED BY
THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT,
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00:26:34,523 --> 00:26:38,010
MR. HOLLOMAN, CHIEF McDONALD,
DIRECTOR ARMOUR, AND MYSELF
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00:26:38,044 --> 00:26:41,116
THAT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION
DOES EXIST,
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00:26:41,151 --> 00:26:42,773
AND AT THIS TIME, WE ARE ASKING
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00:26:42,808 --> 00:26:45,500
THAT ALL PEOPLE OF MEMPHIS
AND SHELBY COUNTY OBSERVE
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00:26:45,534 --> 00:26:47,744
AS WE PUT INTO EFFECT
OUR CURFEW,
401
00:26:47,778 --> 00:26:49,228
WE REQUEST THAT ALL PERSONS,
402
00:26:49,262 --> 00:26:52,541
UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY AN
EMERGENCY TO BE ON THE STREET,
403
00:26:52,576 --> 00:26:57,408
TO GO TO THEIR HOMES
AND STAY THERE UNTIL TOMORROW
404
00:26:57,443 --> 00:27:00,239
WHEN THINGS HOPEFULLY WILL BE
IN A BETTER SITUATION.
405
00:27:10,939 --> 00:27:12,838
Reporter: WELL, CHIEF, WHAT IS
THE CONDITION OF THE CITY?
406
00:27:12,872 --> 00:27:15,150
Police Chief:
THE CITY IS UNDER ATTACK.
407
00:27:30,856 --> 00:27:34,066
THIS IS JOHN TRUE, UNITED PRESS
INTERNATIONAL, MEMPHIS.
408
00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:36,206
POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT
COMPANIES ARE SCRAMBLING
409
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,070
IN ANSWER TO REPORTS
OF SPORADIC OUTBREAKS
410
00:27:38,104 --> 00:27:40,693
OF LOOTING, FIRES AND
AN OCCASIONAL SNIPER FIRE.
411
00:27:40,728 --> 00:27:42,143
TWO POLICEMEN HAVE BEEN SHOT.
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00:27:42,177 --> 00:27:43,972
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
AND HIGHWAY PATROLMEN
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00:27:44,007 --> 00:27:45,387
ARE BEING CALLED IN.
414
00:27:45,422 --> 00:27:47,010
A CURFEW IS IN EFFECT
IN THE CITY TONIGHT
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00:27:47,044 --> 00:27:49,529
AND ONLY EMERGENCY TRAFFIC
IS BEING ALLOWED.
416
00:27:57,399 --> 00:27:58,884
Reporter: THE PRESIDENT HAS
TURNED HIS FULL ATTENTION
417
00:27:58,918 --> 00:28:00,851
TO DOMESTIC MATTERS,
PARTICULARLY THE VIOLENCE
418
00:28:00,886 --> 00:28:03,612
SPAWNED BY THE DEATH
OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.
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00:28:03,647 --> 00:28:05,787
Man: THE GOVERNOR MADE
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT,
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00:28:05,822 --> 00:28:09,584
"I MOST EARNESTLY ASK THE PEOPLE
OF MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY
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00:28:09,618 --> 00:28:10,965
TO REMAIN CALM
422
00:28:10,999 --> 00:28:14,106
IN FACE OF THIS MOST REGRETTABLE
AND TRAGIC INCIDENT.
423
00:28:14,140 --> 00:28:17,040
I CAN FULLY APPRECIATE
THE FEELINGS AND EMOTION
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00:28:17,074 --> 00:28:19,559
WHICH THIS TRAGIC OCCURRENCE
HAS AROUSED.
425
00:28:19,594 --> 00:28:21,458
BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE,
426
00:28:21,492 --> 00:28:24,426
ALL OF OUR CITIZENS MUST
EXERCISE RESTRAINT
427
00:28:24,461 --> 00:28:27,395
AND CAUTION AND GOOD JUDGMENT
AT THIS TIME."
428
00:28:48,381 --> 00:28:50,521
Reporter: PRESIDENT JOHNSON HAS
CANCELED HIS TRIP TO HONOLULU
429
00:28:50,556 --> 00:28:52,075
FOR A VIETNAM
STRATEGY CONFERENCE
430
00:28:52,109 --> 00:28:54,422
WITH COMMANDING GENERAL
WILLIAM WESTMORELAND AND OTHERS.
431
00:28:54,456 --> 00:28:55,837
HERE IN WASHINGTON,
432
00:28:55,872 --> 00:28:58,460
THE D.C. NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR ACTIVE DUTY
433
00:28:58,495 --> 00:29:01,222
FOR THE WEEKEND AS FIRES AND
OTHER OUTBREAKS OF DISORDER
434
00:29:01,256 --> 00:29:03,672
CONTINUE TO PLAGUE
THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
435
00:29:03,707 --> 00:29:05,674
DEMONSTRATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS
ACROSS THE STREET
436
00:29:05,709 --> 00:29:07,746
RIGHT NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
437
00:30:03,180 --> 00:30:04,803
Reporter: WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE
AND LOOTING BROKE OUT
438
00:30:04,837 --> 00:30:06,597
IN TWO AREAS OF NEW YORK CITY
TONIGHT.
439
00:30:06,632 --> 00:30:07,771
EXTRA POLICE WERE BEING RUSHED
440
00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:09,877
INTO THE TWO LARGEST GHETTOS
IN THE CITY--
441
00:30:09,911 --> 00:30:12,017
HARLEM AND BROOKLYN'S
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT SECTION.
442
00:30:12,051 --> 00:30:13,328
Reporter:
3,000 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
443
00:30:13,363 --> 00:30:14,847
ARE ON THE STREET
IN CHICAGO TONIGHT.
444
00:30:14,882 --> 00:30:19,300
AT LEAST THREE PERSONS ARE DEAD
AND POSSIBLY A FOURTH.
445
00:30:19,334 --> 00:30:21,233
Reporter: STUDENTS ENRAGED
BY THE SNIPER SLAYING
446
00:30:21,267 --> 00:30:22,682
OF MARTIN LUTHER KING
447
00:30:22,717 --> 00:30:23,994
WENT ON A SHOOTING
AND BURNING RAMPAGE
448
00:30:24,029 --> 00:30:25,375
HERE AT TALLAHASSEE
EARLY THIS MORNING.
449
00:30:25,409 --> 00:30:26,894
Reporter: DEMONSTRATORS
IN THE TIMES SQUARE SECTION
450
00:30:26,928 --> 00:30:28,723
STOOD ON STREET CORNERS
CHANTING,
451
00:30:28,757 --> 00:30:31,484
"WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM?
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING."
452
00:30:31,519 --> 00:30:33,383
Reporter: THE RACIAL VIOLENCE
HAS STRUCK THE WINDY CITY.
453
00:30:33,417 --> 00:30:35,592
FIRES ARE BLAZING OUT OF CONTROL
ON THE WEST SIDE
454
00:30:35,626 --> 00:30:37,905
AND OVER IT ALL,
THE STENCH OF FEAR.
455
00:30:37,939 --> 00:30:39,768
Reporter: POPE PAUL IS
PROFOUNDLY SADDENED
456
00:30:39,803 --> 00:30:42,564
BY THE ASSASSINATION OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.
457
00:30:42,599 --> 00:30:44,118
THE POPE WENT TO
HIS PRIVATE CHAPEL
458
00:30:44,152 --> 00:30:46,983
TO PRAY FOR THE NEGRO LEADER AS
SOON AS HE LEARNED OF HIS DEATH.
459
00:30:47,017 --> 00:30:48,363
Man: WELL, THE ONLY THING
I CAN SAY IS
460
00:30:48,398 --> 00:30:50,503
I WISH WE WOULD QUIT SHOOTING
OUR BEST PEOPLE.
461
00:30:50,538 --> 00:30:53,852
Man: WE KILLED A PRESIDENT,
AND NOW WE KILLED A SAINT.
462
00:30:53,886 --> 00:30:58,097
Man: IT DOES NOT BODE WELL
FOR 1968.
463
00:30:58,132 --> 00:31:03,413
Ralph Abernathy: EVERY
WELL-THINKING AMERICAN CITIZEN
464
00:31:03,447 --> 00:31:10,144
OUGHT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT
WHO KILLED MARTIN LUTHER KING.
465
00:31:10,178 --> 00:31:17,496
BUT I AM NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT
WHO KILLED MARTIN LUTHER KING
466
00:31:17,530 --> 00:31:22,604
AS I AM CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT KILLED MARTIN LUTHER KING.
467
00:31:22,639 --> 00:31:24,434
[APPLAUSE]
468
00:31:27,644 --> 00:31:29,680
Reporter: NATIONWIDE,
SLUM RIOTING HAS CLAIMED
469
00:31:29,715 --> 00:31:31,027
MORE THAN 30 LIVES,
470
00:31:31,061 --> 00:31:34,754
AND DAMAGE IS RUNNING
INTO COUNTLESS MILLIONS.
471
00:31:34,789 --> 00:31:36,377
Reporter: MEMPHIS MAYOR
HENRY LOEB HAS DECLARED
472
00:31:36,411 --> 00:31:38,897
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TO
BE DAYS OF COMMUNITY MOURNING
473
00:31:38,931 --> 00:31:41,451
IN MEMPHIS.
474
00:31:41,485 --> 00:31:45,869
FLAGS WILL BE FLOWN AT HALF-MAST
DURING THIS TIME.
475
00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:48,044
Reporter: POLICE ARE STILL
SEEKING THE YOUNG WHITE MAN
476
00:31:48,078 --> 00:31:50,667
WHO ASSASSINATED
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.,
477
00:31:50,701 --> 00:31:56,052
THURSDAY NIGHT AT
THE LORRAINE HOTEL IN MEMPHIS.
478
00:31:56,086 --> 00:31:57,605
Reporter:
MR. HOLLOMAN, ARE YOU HOLDING
A SUSPECT RIGHT NOW, SIR?
479
00:31:57,639 --> 00:31:58,951
Frank Holloman: NO, SIR.
480
00:31:58,986 --> 00:32:00,021
Reporter: DO YOU HAVE
A MATERIAL WITNESS, SIR?
481
00:32:00,056 --> 00:32:01,022
Holloman: NO, SIR.
482
00:32:04,888 --> 00:32:07,891
Holloman: THERE WAS 25 TO 30
OFFICERS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
483
00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:11,101
THE PROTECTION WAS SO CLOSE
THAT ONE OF THE OFFICERS
484
00:32:11,136 --> 00:32:14,518
ACTUALLY SAW DR. KING WHEN
HE WAS STRUCK BY THE BULLET.
485
00:32:14,553 --> 00:32:18,660
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO
HAVE PREVENTED A SNIPER ASSASSIN
486
00:32:18,695 --> 00:32:20,317
TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
HIS PURPOSE.
487
00:32:20,352 --> 00:32:22,112
Reporter: HOW COULD HE GET AWAY
WITH SO MANY MEN IN THE AREA?
488
00:32:22,147 --> 00:32:23,872
Holloman: THAT'S THE QUESTION
THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH
489
00:32:23,907 --> 00:32:25,391
AT THIS TIME.
490
00:32:25,426 --> 00:32:27,600
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFERED
HIS COMPLETE ASSISTANCE
491
00:32:27,635 --> 00:32:29,188
OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU
OF INVESTIGATION
492
00:32:29,223 --> 00:32:32,053
IN THE INVESTIGATION
OF THIS CRIME.
493
00:32:32,088 --> 00:32:33,675
Reporter: PRESIDENT JOHNSON,
494
00:32:33,710 --> 00:32:36,161
WITH HIS HONOLULU HIGH-LEVEL
CONFERENCE HELD IN ABEYANCE
495
00:32:36,195 --> 00:32:38,301
BY THE KILLING OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
496
00:32:38,335 --> 00:32:40,234
WILL MEET WITH UNSPECIFIED
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS
497
00:32:40,268 --> 00:32:41,545
TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
498
00:32:41,580 --> 00:32:43,375
MEANWHILE, ATTORNEY GENERAL
RAMSEY CLARK
499
00:32:43,409 --> 00:32:46,999
AND THREE OTHER FEDERAL
OFFICIALS HAVE FLOWN TO MEMPHIS.
500
00:32:47,034 --> 00:32:48,414
Ramsey Clark:
WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE
501
00:32:48,449 --> 00:32:50,347
THAT THERE WAS
A WIDESPREAD PLOT.
502
00:32:50,382 --> 00:32:54,110
THE EVIDENCE AT THIS TIME
INDICATES THAT
503
00:32:54,144 --> 00:32:56,422
IT WAS THE ACT
OF A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL.
504
00:32:56,457 --> 00:33:00,357
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS
OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,
505
00:33:00,392 --> 00:33:04,120
MORE THAN YOU ORDINARILY HAVE
IN A CRIME
506
00:33:04,154 --> 00:33:06,156
AND A SITUATION OF THIS TYPE
507
00:33:06,191 --> 00:33:09,297
AT THIS TIME
IN AN INVESTIGATION.
508
00:33:09,332 --> 00:33:12,921
THE GUN ITSELF AND THE
PROJECTILE ARE IN WASHINGTON,
509
00:33:12,956 --> 00:33:15,303
AND THEY ARE UNDER LABORATORY
SCRUTINY AT THIS TIME.
510
00:33:15,338 --> 00:33:18,410
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY
ON THAT SUBJECT.
511
00:33:18,444 --> 00:33:20,826
YOUR INVESTIGATION
IS SPREADING?
512
00:33:20,860 --> 00:33:22,724
HOW FAR AWAY FROM TENNESSEE?
513
00:33:22,759 --> 00:33:25,244
Clark: IT WILL SPREAD AS FAR
AS THE EVIDENCE TAKES US,
514
00:33:25,279 --> 00:33:28,006
AND IT HAS SPREAD SOME
SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES
515
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,801
FROM THE BORDERS OF TENNESSEE
AT THIS TIME.
516
00:33:35,910 --> 00:33:37,118
Reporter: POLICE IN MEMPHIS
REMAIN MUM
517
00:33:37,153 --> 00:33:38,257
ON THEIR INVESTIGATION
518
00:33:38,292 --> 00:33:41,295
OF THE ASSASSINATION OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.
519
00:33:41,329 --> 00:33:43,676
HERE IS WHAT POLICE KNOW
BUT SAY LITTLE ABOUT--
520
00:33:43,711 --> 00:33:45,575
THEY ARE SEEKING
A 30-YEAR-OLD WHITE MAN
521
00:33:45,609 --> 00:33:49,234
WHO SPOKE WITH A SOUTHERN DRAWL
WHO CALLED HIMSELF JOHN WILLARD.
522
00:33:49,268 --> 00:33:50,890
THERE ARE INDICATIONS
AUTHORITIES ALREADY KNOW
523
00:33:50,925 --> 00:33:52,547
HIS REAL NAME.
524
00:33:52,582 --> 00:33:53,859
IN A RELATED DEVELOPMENT,
525
00:33:53,893 --> 00:33:55,964
A 20-YEAR-OLD MEMPHIS
NEGRO YOUTH DIED EARLY TODAY
526
00:33:55,999 --> 00:33:57,897
AND BECAME THE CITY'S
FIRST VICTIM
527
00:33:57,932 --> 00:33:59,727
OF THE THURSDAY NIGHT RIOTING
IN MEMPHIS
528
00:33:59,761 --> 00:34:03,110
TOUCHED OFF BY THE ASSASSINATION
OF DR. KING.
529
00:34:04,559 --> 00:34:06,561
SCOTT PETERS,
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL,
530
00:34:06,596 --> 00:34:08,529
THE WHITE HOUSE.
531
00:34:08,563 --> 00:34:10,806
PRESIDENT JOHNSON WAS BRIEFED
THIS MORNING AT 4:00 A.M.
532
00:34:10,841 --> 00:34:12,947
AND AGAIN AT 6:30 ON
THE SITUATION SURROUNDING
533
00:34:12,981 --> 00:34:15,812
THE RIOTING AND LOOTING
SINCE THURSDAY NIGHT.
534
00:34:17,813 --> 00:34:20,713
WASHINGTON LOOKS LIKE
A CITY AT WAR, AND IT IS.
535
00:34:20,748 --> 00:34:22,922
THERE ARE SOMETHING LIKE
4,000 TROOPS IN THE CITY
536
00:34:22,956 --> 00:34:24,752
AND TANKS RUMBLE
THROUGH THE STREETS.
537
00:34:24,786 --> 00:34:29,136
A MACHINE GUN POST WAS
SET UP ON CAPITOL HILL.
538
00:34:29,170 --> 00:34:31,621
BLACK SMOKE CAN BE SEEN
BILLOWING INTO THE AIR
539
00:34:31,655 --> 00:34:34,002
IN MANY PARTS OF
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON,
540
00:34:34,036 --> 00:34:38,869
SOME OF THE TROUBLE JUST THREE
BLOCKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
541
00:34:38,904 --> 00:34:40,456
PRESIDENT JOHNSON HAS
ISSUED A PROCLAMATION
542
00:34:40,492 --> 00:34:41,976
DECLARING THIS SUNDAY
543
00:34:42,010 --> 00:34:44,806
AS A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING
THROUGHOUT AMERICA.
544
00:35:12,938 --> 00:35:15,630
Man: WE IMPLORE OUR MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL
545
00:35:15,665 --> 00:35:18,288
TO ADDRESS THEMSELVES
WITH SWIFT DISPATCH
546
00:35:18,323 --> 00:35:20,601
TO THE MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE
SOLUTION.
547
00:35:20,635 --> 00:35:22,327
WE ARE PERSUADED THAT ONLY WHEN
548
00:35:22,361 --> 00:35:26,538
A SPIRIT OF FLEXIBILITY
AND GOODWILL DOMINATES
549
00:35:26,572 --> 00:35:29,230
CAN TRUE PEACE AND PROGRESS
COME TO OUR CITY.
550
00:35:29,265 --> 00:35:30,680
Man: MR. HONORABLE MAYOR,
551
00:35:30,714 --> 00:35:35,857
I FEEL DEEPLY THAT THE APOSTLE,
THE GREATEST APOSTLE OF PEACE
552
00:35:35,892 --> 00:35:39,206
IN THIS DECADE, THIS AGE,
HAS DIED.
553
00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:44,245
I FEEL THAT IF ANY CONSTRUCTIVE
AND STABILIZING FORCES
554
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,316
ARE TO COME ON THE SCENE,
555
00:35:46,351 --> 00:35:49,664
IT WILL HAVE TO COME FROM
OUR WHITE BROTHER, YOU.
556
00:35:49,699 --> 00:35:51,494
AND IT IS IN THIS SPIRIT
557
00:35:51,528 --> 00:35:55,670
THAT YOU CAN SPEAK MOST
EFFECTIVELY AND CONSTRUCTIVELY.
558
00:35:55,705 --> 00:35:57,810
Man: YOU'RE A HUMAN BEING, TOO,
559
00:35:57,845 --> 00:36:02,574
AND SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT TO
COMMUNICATE TO YOU AS A MAN.
560
00:36:02,608 --> 00:36:05,646
Man: MR. MAYOR,
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME
561
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,373
I'VE COME TO YOU PLEADING.
562
00:36:08,407 --> 00:36:11,997
IF WE HAD BEEN ABLE
TO GET A HEARING
563
00:36:12,031 --> 00:36:15,311
AS MINISTERS OF
THE BLACK COMMUNITY,
564
00:36:15,345 --> 00:36:19,660
WE NEVER WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO
SEND FOR KING OR ANYBODY ELSE.
565
00:37:25,277 --> 00:37:26,830
Clark: WHEN MRS. KING ARRIVED,
566
00:37:26,865 --> 00:37:29,937
WE MET WITH HER BRIEFLY
ON THE AIRPLANE.
567
00:37:32,077 --> 00:37:35,667
WE EXPRESSED FOR THE PRESIDENT,
FOR OUR GOVERNMENT,
568
00:37:35,701 --> 00:37:39,705
FOR OURSELVES, AND THE NATION,
OUR PROFOUND SORROW.
569
00:37:41,431 --> 00:37:45,021
Reporter: THEY ARE NOW SLOWLY
ROLLING THE GOLD CASKET
570
00:37:45,055 --> 00:37:48,714
CONTAINING THE BODY OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
571
00:37:48,749 --> 00:37:50,682
INTO THE CHARTERED AIRPLANE
572
00:37:50,716 --> 00:37:53,823
SENT TO MEMPHIS BY
SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY.
573
00:37:53,857 --> 00:37:57,309
POLICE HERE HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT
TIME CONTROLLING THE CROWDS
574
00:37:57,344 --> 00:37:59,311
THAT HAVE GATHERED
AROUND THE PLANE.
575
00:37:59,346 --> 00:38:01,969
THE FUNERAL WILL BE TUESDAY.
576
00:38:02,003 --> 00:38:05,559
DR. KING'S PLANNED MARCH
IN MEMPHIS MONDAY
577
00:38:05,593 --> 00:38:07,181
WILL BE CARRIED OUT.
578
00:38:07,215 --> 00:38:08,562
REVEREND RALPH ABERNATHY,
579
00:38:08,596 --> 00:38:11,150
WHO'S DESTINED TO BECOME
THE NEW LEADER
580
00:38:11,185 --> 00:38:14,464
OF DR. KING'S SOUTHERN
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE,
581
00:38:14,499 --> 00:38:17,605
HAS ANNOUNCED
WE WILL RETURN MONDAY.
582
00:38:19,745 --> 00:38:21,713
Reporter: THE BODY OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
583
00:38:21,747 --> 00:38:24,888
HAS BEEN RETURNED TO
HIS HOME CITY OF ATLANTA.
584
00:38:31,895 --> 00:38:33,759
Reporter: IT'S A GRAY,
OVERCAST DAY HERE IN MEMPHIS
585
00:38:33,794 --> 00:38:35,830
AS THOUSANDS OF THE CITY'S
NEGROES GATHER TO MARCH
586
00:38:35,865 --> 00:38:38,488
IN THE INTERRUPTED
SANITATION MEN'S DEMONSTRATION.
587
00:38:38,523 --> 00:38:40,248
Reporter: THE MARCH IS RUNNING
A BIT LATER THAN PLANNED
588
00:38:40,283 --> 00:38:42,630
DUE TO THE LATE ARRIVAL
OF MRS. KING
589
00:38:42,665 --> 00:38:47,048
WHO WAS HELD UP IN ATLANTA'S
AIRPORT BECAUSE OF FOG.
590
00:38:47,083 --> 00:38:48,878
Reporter: IT SEEMS LIKE
IT IS 10 MINUTES TO 11:00,
591
00:38:48,912 --> 00:38:51,156
AND THE MARCH IS JUST
ABOUT READY TO GET UNDER WAY.
592
00:38:51,190 --> 00:38:53,227
IT'S AN EXTREMELY LARGE CROWD.
593
00:38:53,261 --> 00:38:54,401
Reporter:
LEADING THE PROCESSION,
594
00:38:54,435 --> 00:38:57,058
THE WIDOW OF THE LATE
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
595
00:38:57,093 --> 00:38:58,577
AND HER THREE CHILDREN,
596
00:38:58,612 --> 00:39:01,546
THE REVEREND RALPH ABERNATHY--
DR. KING'S SUCCESSOR,
597
00:39:01,580 --> 00:39:03,133
HARRY BELAFONTE,
598
00:39:03,168 --> 00:39:05,481
UNITED AUTO WORKERS'
PRESIDENT WALTER REUTHER,
599
00:39:05,515 --> 00:39:07,241
AND OTHER UNION LEADERS.
600
00:39:07,275 --> 00:39:09,139
THE NUMBER OF MARCHERS,
PREVIOUSLY ESTIMATED
601
00:39:09,174 --> 00:39:12,936
BETWEEN 8,000 TO 15,000
BY VARIOUS SOURCES,
602
00:39:12,971 --> 00:39:15,732
MAY BE CLOSER TO
30,000 OR 40,000.
603
00:39:15,767 --> 00:39:18,045
Reporter:
LOCAL POLICE HAVE PROVIDED
THE TIGHTEST SECURITY MEASURES
604
00:39:18,079 --> 00:39:19,909
EVER IMPOSED ON THE CITY.
605
00:39:19,943 --> 00:39:22,394
OFF THEY STEP NOW,
BLACK AND WHITE, OUT HERE TODAY,
606
00:39:22,429 --> 00:39:26,156
BECAUSE THEIR LEADER HAD A DREAM
THEY INTEND TO MAKE REAL.
607
00:39:26,191 --> 00:39:28,573
Reporter: THEY WALK
IN TOTAL SILENCE.
608
00:39:28,607 --> 00:39:31,679
AN ALMOST AN UNBELIEVABLE
EERIE QUIET.
609
00:39:45,175 --> 00:39:46,729
Harry Belafonte:
AND I'VE COME TO REAFFIRM
610
00:39:46,763 --> 00:39:48,351
THAT I AM AS MORE
COMMITTED TODAY
611
00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:51,492
TO THE CAUSES OF HUMAN DIGNITY
612
00:39:51,527 --> 00:39:53,943
AS A BLACK MAN
WHO DRAWS STRENGTH
613
00:39:53,977 --> 00:39:55,841
FROM A DEPARTED BLACK BROTHER.
614
00:39:55,876 --> 00:39:58,982
Walter Reuther: THE WHITEST
AMERICAN CANNOT BE FREE
615
00:39:59,017 --> 00:40:01,847
UNTIL HE GIVES HIS HAND
TO THE BLACKEST AMERICAN
616
00:40:01,882 --> 00:40:04,436
TO MAKE HIM FREE.
617
00:40:04,471 --> 00:40:06,542
Coretta Scott King:
WE LOVED HIM DEARLY.
618
00:40:06,576 --> 00:40:09,648
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT HIS SIDE
619
00:40:09,683 --> 00:40:12,720
WHEN I FELT THAT HE NEEDED ME.
620
00:40:12,755 --> 00:40:17,345
AND SO TODAY I FELT THAT
621
00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:20,487
HE WOULD HAVE WANTED ME
TO BE HERE.
622
00:40:26,527 --> 00:40:28,115
JOHN CHAMBERS,
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL,
623
00:40:28,149 --> 00:40:29,530
ON CAPITOL HILL.
624
00:40:29,565 --> 00:40:31,636
WHILE MARTIN LUTHER KING'S
FUNERAL PROCESSION
625
00:40:31,670 --> 00:40:33,534
FILED THROUGH
THE STREETS OF ATLANTA,
626
00:40:33,569 --> 00:40:36,606
THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE SENT
THE 1968 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
627
00:40:36,641 --> 00:40:37,849
TO THE FLOOR FOR ACTION.
628
00:40:37,883 --> 00:40:39,367
THAT COULD COME TOMORROW.
629
00:40:39,402 --> 00:40:40,748
SCOTT PETERS,
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL,
630
00:40:40,783 --> 00:40:42,198
THE WHITE HOUSE.
631
00:40:42,232 --> 00:40:45,063
PRESIDENT JOHNSON HAS SIGNED
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL OF 1968.
632
00:40:45,097 --> 00:40:49,239
Johnson: NOW WITH THIS BILL, THE
VOICE OF JUSTICE SPEAKS AGAIN.
633
00:40:49,274 --> 00:40:51,310
Reporter:
IN AN EAST ROOM CEREMONY,
THE PRESIDENT MADE THE BILL,
634
00:40:51,345 --> 00:40:53,830
WITH ITS CONTROVERSIAL
FAIR HOUSING SECTION,
635
00:40:53,865 --> 00:40:55,556
THE LAW OF THE LAND.
636
00:41:00,975 --> 00:41:02,908
Man: THE CITY OF MEMPHIS
RECOGNIZES
637
00:41:02,943 --> 00:41:04,289
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION
638
00:41:04,323 --> 00:41:06,740
OF STATE, COUNTY AND
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
639
00:41:06,774 --> 00:41:10,157
AS A DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE
IN THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS.
640
00:41:10,191 --> 00:41:12,193
Man: GO AHEAD, BROTHER JONES,
TAKE THE VOTE.
641
00:41:12,228 --> 00:41:13,816
T.O. Jones: ALL IN FAVOR
OF THE RECOMMENDATION,
642
00:41:13,850 --> 00:41:16,197
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING "AYE."
643
00:41:16,232 --> 00:41:18,476
All: AYE.
644
00:41:18,510 --> 00:41:20,478
[APPLAUSE]
645
00:41:23,170 --> 00:41:25,310
Lawson:
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET--
646
00:41:25,344 --> 00:41:28,347
I AM TELLING YOU NOW ON
THE BEHALF OF THESE PREACHERS--
647
00:41:28,382 --> 00:41:30,591
WE'RE NOT GOING TO
FORGET THE FACT
648
00:41:30,626 --> 00:41:34,043
THAT WE'RE BOUND BY THE BLOOD
OF MARTIN LUTHER KING
649
00:41:34,077 --> 00:41:37,978
AS WELL AS BY THE SWEAT AND TOIL
THAT WE'VE ALL GIVEN.
650
00:42:20,399 --> 00:42:21,746
Reporter: THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
HAS ANNOUNCED
651
00:42:21,780 --> 00:42:23,092
THAT JAMES EARL RAY,
652
00:42:23,126 --> 00:42:25,646
THE ACCUSED ASSASSIN OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
653
00:42:25,681 --> 00:42:27,855
HAS BEEN ARRESTED
IN LONDON, ENGLAND.
654
00:42:27,890 --> 00:42:29,581
IT WAS SAID THAT RAY'S ARREST
655
00:42:29,616 --> 00:42:32,066
WAS THE RESULT OF
INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI
656
00:42:32,101 --> 00:42:36,277
PURSUED IN ALL 50 STATES
AS WELL AS IN CANADA, MEXICO,
657
00:42:36,312 --> 00:42:38,797
PORTUGAL, ENGLAND,
AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
658
00:42:38,832 --> 00:42:40,730
HOOVER SAID THAT RAY
WAS DETAINED IN ENGLAND
659
00:42:40,765 --> 00:42:44,976
BASED ON ISSUES OF FRAUDULENT
DOCUMENTATION OF PASSPORT,
660
00:42:45,010 --> 00:42:48,738
AND ALSO ON THE FACT THAT HE WAS
CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON.
661
00:42:48,773 --> 00:42:50,706
Loeb: THE CITIZENS OF MEMPHIS
ARE ELATED
662
00:42:50,740 --> 00:42:53,605
OVER THE APPREHENSION
OF JAMES EARL RAY.
663
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,815
AND THAT'S OUR DUTY, IT'LL BE
A PRIVILEGE TO CARRY IT OUT.
664
00:42:56,850 --> 00:43:00,612
Lawson: I THINK IT NEEDS
TO BE SAID CLEARLY,
665
00:43:00,647 --> 00:43:02,372
THAT SO FAR AS
THE BLACK COMMUNITY
666
00:43:02,407 --> 00:43:03,891
IS CONCERNED IN MEMPHIS,
667
00:43:03,926 --> 00:43:09,138
MANY OF US QUESTION THE IDEA
THAT ONLY ONE MAN WAS INVOLVED.
668
00:43:09,172 --> 00:43:10,588
KNOWING, AS AN EXAMPLE,
669
00:43:10,622 --> 00:43:15,938
HOW EFFICIENTLY OUR POLICE CAN
BLOCK OFF WOULD-BE BANK ROBBERS
670
00:43:15,972 --> 00:43:17,905
FROM GETTING OUT OF THE CITY,
671
00:43:17,940 --> 00:43:21,081
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW
ONE MAN COMMITTED A CRIME,
672
00:43:21,115 --> 00:43:24,325
WITH THE POLICE ON THE SCENE
WITHIN TWO MINUTES,
673
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,950
COULD NONETHELESS GET
OUT OF THE CITY BY HIMSELF.
674
00:43:29,710 --> 00:43:31,643
Reporter: DO YOU FEEL
THAT JAMES EARL RAY
675
00:43:31,678 --> 00:43:34,819
COULD HAVE PLANNED THIS THING
AND EXECUTED AND DONE IT
676
00:43:34,853 --> 00:43:35,992
COMPLETELY BY HIMSELF?
677
00:43:36,027 --> 00:43:36,821
Man: I THINK SO.
678
00:43:36,855 --> 00:43:38,098
MY POSITION IS THAT
679
00:43:38,132 --> 00:43:41,653
WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE
OF A CONSPIRACY.
680
00:43:41,688 --> 00:43:44,898
THERE ARE SEVERAL INDICATIONS
IN HIS BACKGROUND
681
00:43:44,932 --> 00:43:47,970
THAT HE WAS ANTI-NEGRO
AND ANTI-SEMITIC.
682
00:44:19,553 --> 00:44:22,452
Ted Kennedy: TO SOME,
THIS IS A DAY OF SORROW.
683
00:44:24,178 --> 00:44:27,734
TO SOME, THIS IS
AN OCCASION FOR FEAR.
684
00:44:27,768 --> 00:44:30,909
TO ME, THIS IS A DAY OF HOPE.
685
00:44:32,773 --> 00:44:36,259
AND IF THE LIVES AND DEATHS
OF DR. KING AND MEDGAR EVERS
686
00:44:36,294 --> 00:44:37,709
AND THOSE FOUR LITTLE GIRLS
687
00:44:37,744 --> 00:44:40,712
IN THE 16th STREET
BAPTIST CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM
688
00:44:40,747 --> 00:44:44,302
HAD ANY MEANING, IT WAS THAT
WE SHOULD USE OUR POWER
689
00:44:44,336 --> 00:44:46,442
NOT TO CREATE CONDITIONS
OF OPPRESSION
690
00:44:46,476 --> 00:44:48,064
THAT LEAD TO VIOLENCE,
691
00:44:48,099 --> 00:44:51,447
BUT CONDITIONS OF HOPE
THAT LEAD TO PEACE.
692
00:44:54,519 --> 00:44:56,832
LET US PRAY AS DR. KING PRAYED
693
00:44:56,866 --> 00:45:00,145
IN THE UNIVERSAL PSALM
OF BROTHERHOOD
694
00:45:00,180 --> 00:45:04,736
THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO HIM
AND TO YOU AND TO ALL OF US
695
00:45:04,771 --> 00:45:09,361
AND THAT SHOULD BE THE PRAYER
OF THIS, THIS HOLY DAY.
696
00:45:09,396 --> 00:45:14,125
IF WE CAN HELP SOMEBODY
AS WE PASS ALONG,
697
00:45:14,159 --> 00:45:17,922
IF WE CAN CHEER
SOMEBODY IN THIS LIFE,
698
00:45:17,956 --> 00:45:22,581
IF WE CAN SHOW SOMEBODY
THAT HE'S TRAVELING WRONG,
699
00:45:22,616 --> 00:45:25,446
THEN OUR LIVES
SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN.
700
00:45:25,481 --> 00:45:28,864
[APPLAUSE]
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