A time for freedom /
Lerner, Carl, film producer, film director.
Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013, screenwriter.
Rahn, Muriel, narrator.
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005, speaker.
Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998, speaker.
Robinson, Cleveland L. (Cleveland Lowellyn), 1914-1995, speaker.
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023, speaker.
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979, speaker.
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981, speaker.
Perry, Milton, speaker.
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987, speaker.
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011, speaker.
Johnson, Mordecai W. (Mordecai Wyatt), 1890-1976, speaker.
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972, speaker.
Diggs, Charles C., speaker.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, speaker.
Counts, Dorothy, 1942- onscreen participant.
Eckford, Elizabeth, 1941- onscreen participant.
Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972, performer.
Lawson, Peggy, film editor.
Silk, Lawrence, contributor.
moving image
Documentary films. lcgft
Short films. lcgft
Nonfiction films. lcgft
[1957?]
eng
This documentary features footage from the "Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom," a civil rights demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial on May 17, 1957. It also includes interviews with attendees, and scenes from the Montgomery bus boycott, Harlem, New York, and segregated areas in the South.
Narrator: Muriel Rahn.
Speakers: Rosa Parks, Thomas Kilgore, Cleveland Robinson, Harry Belafonte, Ted Brown, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, Milton Perry, Bayard Rustin, Fred Lee Shuttlesworth, Mordecai Johnson, Adam Clayton Powell, Charles Coles Diggs Jr., Martin Luther King Jr.
Appearing: Dorothy Counts, Jo Ann Allen, Bobby Cain, Elizabeth Eckford, Abraham Lincoln Davis, Charles Kenzie Steele.
Performer: Mahalia Jackson.
Editors, Peggy Lawson, John Schultz ; cinematographer, Al Burney ; research, Larry Silk.
Principally filmed May 17, 1957 at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington, D.C.
Part of summary adapted from a CSPAN program summary.
Sources used: CSPAN program summary for "Reel America, a time for freedom" January 18, 2021, viewed online January 17, 2024 via Internet Archive.
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom (1957 : Washington, D.C.)
African Americans--Civil rights.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Civil rights--United States.
Civil rights demonstrations--United States.
Race discrimination--United States.
Civil rights movements--United States.
United States--Race relations.
MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)
Time for freedom
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.01856600
