The Promised Land 1967-1968
Description
Martin Luther King stakes out new ground for himself and the rapidly fragmenting civil rights movement. One year before his death, he publicly opposes the war in Vietnam. His Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) embarks on an ambitious Poor People's Campaign. In the midst of political organizing, King detours to support striking sanitation workers in Memphis, where he is assassinated. King's death and the failure of his final campaign mark the end of a major stream of the movement.
Runtime
75 min
Series
Subjects
- Civil rights movements (244)
- Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 (3)
- African Americans (1140)
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2014], c1994
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
Similar Films
Freedom Summer
American experience. Freedom riders. 3 of 3
American experience. Freedom riders. 2 of 3
American experience. Freedom riders. 1 of 2
American experience. Eyes on the prize. Season 1, Episode 6
American experience. Eyes on the prize. Season 1, Episode 3
Tony Brown's journal. Will blacks save Mondale in November?
American experience. Freedom riders. 3 of 3
Political assassination. The mysterious assassination of Martin Luther King. Death in Memphis
American experience. Freedom riders. 2 of 2
American experience. Freedom riders. 4 of 4
American experience. Freedom riders. 2 of 2
PBS NewsHour
American experience. Freedom riders. 3 of 3
American experience. Freedom riders. 1 of 2