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ABCNEWS VideoSource
WASHINGTON MARCH
08/27/1983
ABC
NYTQ3313I
BARS AND TONE. B&W FILM X-FER. VO MAX ROBINSON. VS OF THE 1963 CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH IN WASHINGTON, DC. MS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., IN THE MARCH. LS LINCOLN MONUMENT. VS AERIALS OF THE CROWD AT THE 1983 MARCH. CS VO CHARLES GIBSON ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE MARCHERS TO WASHINGTON. VS BUS CARAVANS AND AMTRAK "FREEDOM" TRAINS. VS PEOPLE COMMENT ON THEIR REASONS FOR BEING THERE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM. VS POSTERS AND BANNERS. CR:194. BENJAMIN HOOKS, PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE), ADDRESSES THE CROWD FROM THE PODIUM OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. CU HOOKS CALLS FOR BOWED HEADS IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND DECLARES WAR ON THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION AND ITS ECONOMIC POLICIES. HOOKS STARTS A CHANT, "REAGAN NO MORE IN 1984". CS VO CHARLES GIBSON ON THE 1983 MARCH. CR:246. LS GLORIA STEINEM AT THE PODIUM SPEAKS TO THE CROWD. MS JAMES FARMER, FOUNDER OF CORE (CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY), TALKS TO THE CROWD ABOUT WHAT CHANGED AFTER THE '63 MARCH. CR:266. DR. RALPH ABERNATHY, FORMER PRESIDENT SCLC (SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE), SAYS, "WE ARE FED UP AND WON'T TAKE IT NO MORE". CR:270. MS DICK GREGORY SAYS, "20 YEARS AGO WE WERE SCARED", "WE AIN'T SCARED NO MORE". MS CORETTA SCOTT KING SAYS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., WILL STILL BE OUT FRONT LEADING THE MARCH. CR:305. MS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WALTER MONDALE JOINS THE MARCH. SU: RITA FLYNN WHO TALKS WITH PEOPLE IN THE CROWD. CU FLYNN INTVS WENDELL FOSTER, NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL, WHO TELLS OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS MARCH AND THE '63 MARCH. CU INTV/W A YOUNG BLACK GIRL WHO TELLS WHY SHE'S AT THE MARCH. CR:360. MS FORMER MAYOR OF ATLANTA MAYNARD JACKSON AT HE PODIUM ADDRESSES THE CROWD ABOUT THE SLAVES BEING SHIPPED OFF TO AMERICA AND A MOTHER'S POINT OF VIEW. CUTAWAYS OF THE CROWD. CR:465. SU: RITA FLYNN. CR:476. WS GOSPEL GROUP SINGING FROM THE STAGE. MS MAYOR ANDREW YOUNG ADDRESSES THE CROWD ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MARCH 20 YEARS AGO. MS MAYOR MARION BARRY, WASHINGTON, DC, SAYS THE GAME OF DESTINY IS PLAYED BY CONGRESS, THE COURTS AND THE PRESIDENT". CU JOHN LEWIS, ATLANTIC CITY COUNCIL, SAYS, "WE HAVE A MISSION TO CREATE A NEW GENDER FOR AMERICA'. CR:518. ODETTA SINGS TO THE CROWD. CR:523. YOUNG INTRODUCES MARTIN LUTHER KING, SR., (DADDY KING), WHO SPEAKS TO THE CROWD. CR:587. BLANK. BARS AND TONE. CI: PERSONALITIES: KING, MARTIN LUTHER JR. PERSONALITIES: HOOKS, BENJAMIN. PERSONALITIES: STEINEM, GLORIA. PERSONALITIES: FARMER, JAMES. PERSONALITIES: ABERNATHY, RALPH. PERSONALITIES: GREGORY, DICK. PERSONALITIES: KING, CORETTA. PERSONALITIES: MONDALE, WALTER. PERSONALITIES: FOSTER, WENDELL. PERSONALITIES: YOUNG, ANDREW. PERSONALITIES: KING, MARTIN LUTHER SR. PERSONALITIES: BARRY, MARION. PERSONALITIES: LEWIS, JOHN. PERSONALITIES: ODETTA. PERSONALITIES: JACKSON, MAYNARD.
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