Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia > Desegregation of Girard College

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Visit to Philadelphia

Files

Title

Transcription

https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll2/id/95/rec/37

Date

1965-08-03

Description

Original description: Martin Luther King." This footage consists of clips from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s visit to Philadelphia in August 1965. Includes King speaking at the Baptist Temple and a brief interview with a reporter concerning segregation in Philadelphia and the Girard College desegregation case."

Subjects

Segregation

Schools

Civil rights

Speeches, addresses, etc.

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Organization

Girard College

Baptist Temple (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Notes

Sound is intermittent. Sound begins at 00:45 and ends at 02:15. Silent footage of civil rights demonstrators continues at 02:27 until sound resumes at 04:24. The footage then becomes silent at 07:21, but resumes again at 08:00 and runs until the end of the footage at 11:22.

Format

Video

Type

Video and Film

Rights

This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257.

Contact

scrc@temple.edu

Digital Collection

Urban Archives Film and Video

Civil Rights in a Northern City

Desegregation of Girard College

Repository

Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives

Digital Publisher

Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries

Identifier

KYW19650804_01