MLK Holiday Debate
Zoom out to show Martin Luther King Jr. files, in stacks, on a desk. VS of files and newspaper headlines focusing on Dr. King. Cokie Roberts, in voiceover, states that U.S. Senator Jesse Helms claims that F.B.I. records show that Dr. King associated with communists. The documents Sen. Helms was given came from the National Archives, but the documents he wants are under court seal. File showing redactions. Attorney Larry Seal believes those files under seal could prove Sen. Helms' charges, and those files should be released before making a decision on creating a holiday commemorating Dr. King. Stacks of files pertaining to Dr. King in office. Roberts, in voiceover, states that Sen. Helms has taken the most damaging files on Dr. King is distributed them to every Senator. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) sits down in front of microphones at press conference.
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Credit:
Editorial #:
2263140988
Collection:
Archive Films: Editorial
Date created:
October 23, 1983
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:00:55:16
Location:
Washington, D.C., United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) SD 720x486 23.98p
Source:
Archive Films Editorial
Object name:
546452_1_2
- 1980-1989,
- Archival,
- Black History in the US,
- Book,
- Bookshelf,
- Color Image,
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan,
- Democratic Party - USA,
- Desk,
- FBI,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Government,
- Horizontal,
- Lawyer,
- Martin Luther King Jr.,
- Politician,
- Politics,
- Politics and Government,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time Video,
- Report - Produced Segment,
- Social Issues,
- Stack,
- Suit,
- The Media,
- USA,
- Washington DC,
- Zoom Out,