WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about race riots in Rochester and New York City, New York, 1964 July 27
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@ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
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In this WSB newsfilm clip from July 27, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks about recent race riots in New York City and Rochester, New York and comments on the relationship between civil rights leaders and the riots and possible causes of the riots. Dr. King, sitting at a desk with microphones in front of him, acknowledges that some critics have implied that African American civil rights leaders bear some responsibility for the recent rioting, either by directly causing it or by failing to prevent it. King responds to the implications by highlighting his commitment to nonviolence. He stresses that violence "creates many more social problems than it solves" and calls it "both impractical and immoral." King urges that African Americans in New York City and Rochester end violence and embrace nonviolence.King continues by emphasizing the need for "an honest, soul-searching analysis and evaluation of the environmental causes which have spawned the riots." He asserts "an ever-increasing measure of justice and dignity accorded to all persons" will help achieve peace in New York, Rochester, or Mississippi. After a break in the clip, King suggests measures to help prevent riots including "elimination of ghettoized housing, discriminatory barriers to jobs, inferior and segregated schools, and discriminatory barriers of the right to vote." He cites the results of a survey published in the New York Times which shows a majority of African Americans continue to believe nonviolence is more effective in promoting positive change than nonviolence is, but warns that without progress...
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African Americans
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Workers
- Demonstrations
- Direct Action
- Discrimination
- Economic Conditions
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- History
- Mayors
- New York
- New York (State)
- Nonviolence
- Passive Resistance
- Press Conferences
- Press Coverage
- Race Relations
- Race Riots
- Reporters And Reporting
- Rochester
- Rochester (N.Y.)
- Social Conditions
- Social Justice
- Social Surveys
- United States
- Violence