Title Work

Title No: 3333

Title: White Supremacists protest Freedom Rides; Martin Luther King, Jr. says they will continue

Medium: Moving Image

Original Medium: Film

Dates:

24 May  1961 (Created)

7 Oct  1985 (Compiled)

Shots of bus covered in swaztikas and slogans, including "We Hate Race Mixing."  Also footage of interior of church, with Martin Luther King, Jr. talking about how the students have requested that the Freedom Rides continue.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 1 min 54 sec 

Forms: Stock shot

Genres: News

Subjects: Racism--United States--History; Race relations--United States--History; Segregation--United States--History; Civil rights demonstrations; White supremacy movements--United States; Freedom Rides, 1961

Name As Subjects: American Nazi Party; King, Martin Luther Jr.

Hearst Metrotone News collection housed at UCLA Film and Television Archive