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/87/rec/38

Date

1965-08-03

Description

Original description: Girard Wall." This footage consists of clips from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s visit to Philadelphia in August 1965. Includes King speaking to civil rights demonstrators at Girard College and at a rally at 39th Street and Lancaster Avenue."

Subjects

Schools

Segregation

Civil rights

Demonstrations

Speeches, addresses, etc.

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Organization

Girard College

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Notes

Sound is intermittent. Sound begins at 00:18 and runs until clip ends at 02:53. Footage resumes with no sound at 03:08. Sound then resumes at 04:53 and ends again at 6:05. Sound resumes once again at 06:10 and runs until the end of the footage at 13:24.

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

KYW19650803_01