1 00:00:03,244 --> 00:00:05,971 Reporter: SEVERAL THOUSAND NEGRO DEMONSTRATORS ARE PARTICIPATING 2 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:08,560 IN THIS LARGEST CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATION EVER 3 00:00:08,594 --> 00:00:10,527 IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. 4 00:00:14,221 --> 00:00:16,050 TODAY, AS THE MARCH MOVES UP TOWARDS CITY HALL, 5 00:00:16,085 --> 00:00:18,777 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WILL SPEAK TO THE STRIKING WORKERS 6 00:00:18,811 --> 00:00:20,537 AND THEIR SYMPATHIZERS, 7 00:00:20,572 --> 00:00:24,024 NOW ESTIMATED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5,000 AND 8,000. 8 00:00:30,996 --> 00:00:33,999 Reporter: CHAOS HAS JUST BROKEN OUT DOWNTOWN. 9 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:36,208 NEGRO YOUTHS ARE SMASHING WINDOWS. 10 00:00:49,359 --> 00:00:51,361 Reporter: WELL, CHIEF, WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF THE CITY? 11 00:00:51,396 --> 00:00:54,088 Police Chief: THE CITY IS UNDER ATTACK. 12 00:01:03,166 --> 00:01:04,443 Martin Luther King, Jr.: LIKE ANYBODY, 13 00:01:04,477 --> 00:01:06,756 I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE A LONG LIFE, 14 00:01:06,790 --> 00:01:10,173 LONGEVITY HAS ITS PLACE. 15 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:23,566 Man: THIS IS WMPS HEADLINE NEWS AT 8:25, 16 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,294 DICK WEEHAN REPORTING, WASHINGTON. 17 00:01:27,328 --> 00:01:29,710 U.S. AUTHORITIES HAVE REVEALED A SHORTAGE OF BOMBS 18 00:01:29,744 --> 00:01:31,194 IN SOUTH VIETNAM 19 00:01:31,229 --> 00:01:33,369 IS CURTAILING AIR ATTACKS ON THE VIET CONG. 20 00:01:33,402 --> 00:01:35,336 Reporter: THE PRESIDENT HAS FREQUENTLY INTERRUPTED 21 00:01:35,371 --> 00:01:38,512 HIS DAY-LONG CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM PROBLEMS 22 00:01:38,545 --> 00:01:41,584 TO STAY IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE VOLATILE RACIAL DISORDERS 23 00:01:41,618 --> 00:01:42,723 THROUGHOUT THE NATION. 24 00:01:42,757 --> 00:01:47,555 King: THE BOMBS IN VIETNAM EXPLODED HOME. 25 00:01:47,590 --> 00:01:49,488 THEY DESTROYED THE DREAM 26 00:01:49,523 --> 00:01:53,664 AND POSSIBILITY FOR A DECENT AMERICA. 27 00:01:53,699 --> 00:01:57,841 Lyndon B. Johnson: LET US CLOSE THE SPRINGS OF RACIAL POISON 28 00:01:57,876 --> 00:01:59,533 AND MAKE OUR NATION WHOLE. 29 00:01:59,567 --> 00:02:01,949 Reporter: THE MOST MASSIVE SERIES OF DEMONSTRATIONS 30 00:02:01,983 --> 00:02:05,746 EVER ATTEMPTED IS THE PROMISE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, 31 00:02:05,780 --> 00:02:08,782 LEADER OF A PLANNED APRIL CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE DRIVE 32 00:02:08,818 --> 00:02:10,544 IN WASHINGTON. 33 00:02:10,578 --> 00:02:14,720 Johnson: I WILL NOT ACCEPT THE NOMINATION OF MY PARTY 34 00:02:14,755 --> 00:02:16,929 FOR ANOTHER TERM AS YOUR PRESIDENT. 35 00:02:16,964 --> 00:02:20,347 King: I WILL DIE STANDING UP FOR THE FREEDOM OF MY PEOPLE! 36 00:02:20,381 --> 00:02:23,453 AND THEY WILL KNOW I SPOKE THE TRUTH. 37 00:02:23,488 --> 00:02:25,731 FROM RADIO MEMPHIS WMPS. 38 00:02:25,766 --> 00:02:29,045 ♪ W-M-P-S WITH THE WEATHER SCOOP! ♪ 39 00:02:29,079 --> 00:02:31,772 HERE'S THE WMPS WEATHER SCOOP FOR MEMPHIS IN THE MID-SOUTH. 40 00:02:31,806 --> 00:02:34,050 CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS AND MILD WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS 41 00:02:34,084 --> 00:02:35,224 THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. 42 00:02:35,258 --> 00:02:36,777 PARTLY CLOUDY AND CONTINUING MILD 43 00:02:36,811 --> 00:02:38,848 TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 44 00:02:38,882 --> 00:02:41,609 THE LOW TONIGHT, 55, THE HIGH TUESDAY, 75, 45 00:02:41,644 --> 00:02:43,128 AND THE LOW TUESDAY NIGHT, 50. 46 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:46,166 PRESENT BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, 29.7. 47 00:03:01,871 --> 00:03:03,217 THIS IS RAY SHERMAN, 48 00:03:03,252 --> 00:03:05,564 UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL IN MEMPHIS. 49 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:07,773 1,000 STRIKING SANITATION WORKERS 50 00:03:07,808 --> 00:03:10,880 DEMANDED MAYOR HENRY LOEB HEAR THEIR GRIEVANCES. 51 00:03:10,914 --> 00:03:12,882 THE GARBAGE COLLECTORS, PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO, 52 00:03:12,916 --> 00:03:15,471 WANT HIGHER PAY AND UNION RECOGNITION. 53 00:03:15,505 --> 00:03:18,232 James Lawson: WE ARE INSISTING THAT JUSTICE MUST BE DONE 54 00:03:18,267 --> 00:03:20,855 FOR THE SANITATION WORKERS. 55 00:03:20,890 --> 00:03:24,825 ALL THEIR JUST AND FAIR DEMANDS MUST BE MET. 56 00:03:24,859 --> 00:03:26,171 AND THAT AT THE SAME TIME, 57 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:29,070 BOTH PRIVATE BUSINESS AND CITY GOVERNMENT 58 00:03:29,105 --> 00:03:31,245 MUST PROVIDE A GREATER PERCENTAGE 59 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,766 OF NEW AND IMPORTANT JOBS TO NEGROES. 60 00:03:49,055 --> 00:03:53,578 Henry Loeb: THIS WORK STOPPAGE DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 61 00:03:53,612 --> 00:03:56,132 LET NO ONE MAKE A MISTAKE ABOUT IT, 62 00:03:56,166 --> 00:03:59,308 THE GARBAGE IS GOING TO BE PICKED UP IN MEMPHIS. 63 00:03:59,341 --> 00:04:01,689 PJ Ciampa: I RECOGNIZE LOCAL 1733 64 00:04:01,724 --> 00:04:03,691 AS THE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE 65 00:04:03,726 --> 00:04:06,763 FOR EMPLOYEES DESIGNATING EXCLUSIVE OR OTHERWISE. 66 00:04:06,798 --> 00:04:09,318 HE DOESN'T WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE UNION. 67 00:04:12,942 --> 00:04:14,978 Reporter: THE MEMPHIS CHAPTER OF THE NAACP 68 00:04:15,013 --> 00:04:18,396 SAYS THE CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP WILL BEGIN PROTEST ACTIONS MONDAY 69 00:04:18,430 --> 00:04:22,158 UNLESS THE CITY MEETS DEMANDS OF STRIKING GARBAGE COLLECTORS. 70 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:25,851 Reporter: POLICE USED RIOT CONTROL GAS 71 00:04:25,886 --> 00:04:27,301 AND NIGHTSTICKS THIS AFTERNOON 72 00:04:27,336 --> 00:04:30,615 TO BREAK UP A DISTURBANCE AMONG A GROUP OF STRIKING GARBAGE MEN. 73 00:04:30,649 --> 00:04:32,617 PART OF THE GROUP OF ABOUT 1,000 MARCHERS 74 00:04:32,651 --> 00:04:36,379 BEGAN ROCKING A POLICE CAR, AND POLICE WADED IN. 75 00:04:40,521 --> 00:04:45,284 Man: IF I WERE THE MAYOR OF THIS CITY, I WOULD BE ASHAMED. 76 00:04:47,148 --> 00:04:49,427 Roy Wilkins: ANYBODY WHO RUNS AROUND 77 00:04:49,461 --> 00:04:54,846 PICKING ON PEACEFUL PEOPLE IS BUILDING FOR TROUBLE. 78 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,089 [APPLAUSE] 79 00:05:00,127 --> 00:05:05,650 Lawson: WE PROBABLY CANNOT EXPECT PROTECTION OF NEGRO PEOPLE 80 00:05:05,684 --> 00:05:11,000 FROM BRUTALITY AND FROM REPRESSION LOCALLY. 81 00:05:11,034 --> 00:05:16,074 THE EAR AND THE POWER OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS. 82 00:05:26,912 --> 00:05:28,120 Reporter: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING 83 00:05:28,155 --> 00:05:29,915 HAS URGED THE MEMPHIS NEGRO COMMUNITY 84 00:05:29,950 --> 00:05:33,022 TO ENGAGE IN A GENERAL WORK STOPPAGE AND SCHOOL BOYCOTT 85 00:05:33,056 --> 00:05:36,232 IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S STRIKING SANITATION WORKERS. 86 00:05:38,993 --> 00:05:43,239 King: SO I COME TO COMMEND YOU, 87 00:05:43,273 --> 00:05:47,243 AND I COME ALSO TO SAY TO YOU 88 00:05:47,277 --> 00:05:53,145 THAT IN THIS STRUGGLE YOU HAVE THE ABSOLUTE SUPPORT, 89 00:05:53,180 --> 00:05:56,597 AND THAT MEANS FINANCIAL SUPPORT, ALSO, 90 00:05:56,632 --> 00:05:59,428 OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. 91 00:05:59,462 --> 00:06:01,982 [APPLAUSE] 92 00:06:02,016 --> 00:06:03,604 ALL OVER AMERICA, 93 00:06:03,639 --> 00:06:10,059 THE VAST MAJORITY OF NEGROES IN OUR COUNTRY ARE STILL PERISHING 94 00:06:10,093 --> 00:06:12,130 ON A LONELY ISLAND OF POVERTY 95 00:06:12,164 --> 00:06:16,582 IN THE MIDST OF A VAST OCEAN OF MATERIAL PROSPERITY. 96 00:06:17,998 --> 00:06:25,454 AND IT IS CRIMINAL TO HAVE PEOPLE WORKING A FULL-TIME JOB 97 00:06:25,488 --> 00:06:27,766 GETTING PART-TIME INCOME. 98 00:06:27,801 --> 00:06:29,630 [APPLAUSE] 99 00:06:32,288 --> 00:06:35,464 Loeb: IF THE MEN DO NOT RETURN TO WORK IMMEDIATELY, 100 00:06:35,498 --> 00:06:39,019 WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO EMPLOY OTHERS 101 00:06:39,053 --> 00:06:41,055 TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 102 00:07:02,836 --> 00:07:04,838 THIS IS RAY SHERMAN ON THE SCENE. 103 00:07:04,872 --> 00:07:07,841 SEVERAL THOUSAND NEGRO DEMONSTRATORS ARE PARTICIPATING 104 00:07:07,875 --> 00:07:10,430 IN THIS LARGEST CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATION EVER 105 00:07:10,464 --> 00:07:12,432 IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. 106 00:07:18,817 --> 00:07:22,096 THIS MASSIVE DOWNTOWN MARCH ON MEMPHIS IS NOW UNDER WAY. 107 00:07:22,131 --> 00:07:25,065 SEVERAL THOUSAND NEGROES ARE MARCHING TOWARD CITY HALL 108 00:07:25,099 --> 00:07:27,239 AT THIS TIME. 109 00:07:27,274 --> 00:07:30,657 MANY OF THE DEMONSTRATORS ARE CARRYING THE SIGN "I AM A MAN." 110 00:07:30,691 --> 00:07:34,177 THEY STRETCH OUT FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS. 111 00:07:34,212 --> 00:07:36,456 LATER TODAY AS THE MARCH MOVES UP TOWARDS CITY HALL, 112 00:07:36,490 --> 00:07:39,010 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WILL SPEAK TO THE STRIKING WORKERS 113 00:07:39,044 --> 00:07:40,874 AND THEIR SYMPATHIZERS, 114 00:07:40,908 --> 00:07:44,774 NOW ESTIMATED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5,000 AND 8,000. 115 00:07:46,742 --> 00:07:49,607 POLICE ARE ON HAND WITH ABOUT 600 OFFICERS. 116 00:07:49,641 --> 00:07:52,023 ALMOST THE ENTIRE FORCE IS STANDING BY HERE 117 00:07:52,057 --> 00:07:54,681 IN CASE ANY TROUBLE MIGHT BREAK OUT. 118 00:08:12,871 --> 00:08:15,840 CHAOS HAS JUST BROKEN OUT DOWNTOWN. 119 00:08:15,874 --> 00:08:18,532 NEGRO YOUTHS ARE SMASHING WINDOWS. 120 00:08:18,567 --> 00:08:20,223 I JUST SAW A... 121 00:08:22,087 --> 00:08:23,606 [LOUD BANG] 122 00:08:23,641 --> 00:08:25,953 THAT SOUND YOU JUST HEARD WAS THE SOUND OF A TEAR GAS 123 00:08:25,988 --> 00:08:27,679 FIRED BY A POLICE OFFICER 124 00:08:27,714 --> 00:08:31,165 IN AN ATTEMPT TO THWART THIS UNRULY DEMONSTRATION. 125 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:32,581 WE REPEAT, SEVERAL NEGRO YOUTHS 126 00:08:32,615 --> 00:08:34,443 STARTED RUNNING DOWN MAIN STREET, 127 00:08:34,479 --> 00:08:37,136 SMASHING WINDOWS AS THEY RAN. 128 00:08:37,171 --> 00:08:39,967 POLICE ARE NOW MOVING DOWN BEALE STREET. 129 00:08:41,624 --> 00:08:43,280 ANOTHER TEAR GAS CANISTER HAS JUST BEEN FIRED 130 00:08:43,315 --> 00:08:44,765 BY MEMPHIS POLICE. 131 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,388 NEGROES ARE RUNNING IN EVERY DIRECTION. 132 00:08:47,423 --> 00:08:49,839 PROBABLY SOME MORE GLASS WRECKAGE 133 00:08:49,874 --> 00:08:53,256 IN THE DOWNTOWN SECTION OF MEMPHIS. 134 00:08:53,290 --> 00:08:55,396 TEAR GAS IS BOILING UP FROM THE STREET, 135 00:08:55,431 --> 00:08:58,538 AND THE NEGRO YOUTHS ARE FLEEING FROM THE AREA. 136 00:09:01,264 --> 00:09:03,543 POLICE ARE SCRAMBLING DOWN BEALE STREET NOW. 137 00:09:03,577 --> 00:09:05,821 THERE'S BEEN A CALL OF HELP FROM OTHER OFFICERS. 138 00:09:05,855 --> 00:09:08,409 OFFICERS ARE IN TROUBLE. 139 00:09:08,444 --> 00:09:12,448 THE NEGRO YOUTHS ARE SHOUTING AT THIS TIME, "GO, GO, GO!" 140 00:09:12,482 --> 00:09:13,932 POLICE HAVE FORMED A CORDON 141 00:09:13,967 --> 00:09:16,210 AND ARE NOT PERMITTING THE MARCH TO MOVE ANY FURTHER 142 00:09:16,245 --> 00:09:17,557 AT THIS POINT. 143 00:09:17,591 --> 00:09:18,730 THEY ARE MOVING IN WITH RIOT GUNS 144 00:09:18,765 --> 00:09:21,526 AND TEAR GAS CANISTERS. 145 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:22,941 HERE COMES THE TEAR GAS, 146 00:09:22,976 --> 00:09:26,566 AND THIS REPORTER JUST GOT A STING OF IT. 147 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,569 MAIN STREET IS LITTERED WITH PICKETS. 148 00:09:29,603 --> 00:09:33,400 NEARLY EVERY STORE HAS HAD ITS WINDOWS SHATTERED. 149 00:09:33,434 --> 00:09:35,851 NO DOUBT, ONE OF THE WORST DISTURBANCES 150 00:09:35,885 --> 00:09:38,370 THAT HAVE EVER OCCURRED IN MEMPHIS. 151 00:09:44,169 --> 00:09:45,723 THIS IS RAY SHERMAN ON THE SCENE AGAIN. 152 00:09:45,757 --> 00:09:47,000 [LOUD BANG] 153 00:09:47,034 --> 00:09:48,795 THERE WENT ANOTHER TEAR GAS CANISTER. 154 00:09:48,829 --> 00:09:52,005 SOME YOUTHS ARE STILL HURLING OBJECTS AT OFFICERS. 155 00:09:52,039 --> 00:09:55,940 POLICE NOW HAVE CORDONED OFF THE AREA AROUND CLAYBORN TEMPLE, 156 00:09:55,974 --> 00:09:59,806 WHERE THIS MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION THAT WENT WILD AND CRAZY 157 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:01,601 BEGAN EARLIER TODAY. 158 00:10:01,635 --> 00:10:03,016 MANY OF THE NEGRO DEMONSTRATORS 159 00:10:03,050 --> 00:10:04,742 HAVE TAKEN REFUGE INSIDE THE CHURCH 160 00:10:04,776 --> 00:10:06,916 FROM THE TEAR GAS THAT STILL FILLS THE AIR. 161 00:10:06,951 --> 00:10:09,470 AND INSIDE THE LEADERS ARE APPEALING 162 00:10:09,505 --> 00:10:11,645 TO THE NEGRO YOUTHS AND MILITANTS 163 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:13,716 TO STOP AND DESIST FROM THIS DISORDER AND VIOLENCE 164 00:10:13,751 --> 00:10:16,581 THAT HAS OCCURRED IN MEMPHIS. 165 00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:18,652 Lawson: YOU OBVIOUSLY HAD A GROUP OF BOYS 166 00:10:18,687 --> 00:10:21,137 WHO WERE READY TO DO THAT, AND THEY DID IT. 167 00:10:21,172 --> 00:10:23,553 THEY DIDN'T COME TO THE MARCH. THEY DIDN'T CONSULT US. 168 00:10:23,588 --> 00:10:26,764 THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL ABSOLUTELY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. 169 00:10:26,798 --> 00:10:28,731 AND THIS TIME THEY GOT THEIR CHANCE TO BREAK LOOSE, 170 00:10:28,766 --> 00:10:30,422 AND THEY TOOK IT. 171 00:10:32,839 --> 00:10:35,151 Sherman: WHAT HAPPENED WITH DR. KING? 172 00:10:35,186 --> 00:10:36,946 Lawson: WELL, WE SURROUNDED HIM WITH SOME MINISTERS 173 00:10:36,981 --> 00:10:39,052 AND MOVED HIM OUT OF THE AREA. 174 00:10:39,086 --> 00:10:40,432 Sherman: IN AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION? 175 00:10:40,467 --> 00:10:41,675 Lawson: YEAH. 176 00:10:44,574 --> 00:10:46,093 Sherman: DO YOU THINK THIS EVENT TODAY 177 00:10:46,128 --> 00:10:48,164 WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE CITY GOVERNMENT 178 00:10:48,199 --> 00:10:49,683 TAKING ANY DIFFERENT TYPE OF ACTION 179 00:10:49,718 --> 00:10:51,202 THAN THEY HAVE ON THE STRIKE? 180 00:10:51,236 --> 00:10:53,825 Man: OH, YOU CAN'T ALLOW THIS SORT OF TERROR AND DISRUPTION 181 00:10:53,860 --> 00:10:55,931 TO GO ON IN A CITY LIKE OURS. 182 00:10:55,965 --> 00:10:59,486 YOU CAN BE SURE IT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT. 183 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:00,763 Loeb: WHEN THE MARCH, 184 00:11:00,798 --> 00:11:02,938 WHICH WAS TO BE PERMITTED, 185 00:11:02,972 --> 00:11:04,974 HAD IT REMAINED ORDERLY, 186 00:11:05,009 --> 00:11:07,287 DEGENERATED INTO A RIOT, 187 00:11:07,321 --> 00:11:09,358 ABANDONED BY ITS LEADERS, 188 00:11:09,392 --> 00:11:12,223 THE POLICE, WITH MY FULL SANCTION, 189 00:11:12,257 --> 00:11:16,054 TOOK THE NECESSARY ACTION TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND PROPERTY 190 00:11:16,089 --> 00:11:18,263 OF THE CITIZENS OF MEMPHIS. 191 00:11:20,369 --> 00:11:23,717 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND INVOKED A CURFEW, 192 00:11:23,752 --> 00:11:26,133 WHICH REQUIRES ALL CITIZENS TO BE OFF THE STREETS 193 00:11:26,168 --> 00:11:29,654 OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS BY 7:00 P.M. TONIGHT 194 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:33,762 AND REMAIN OFF THE STREETS UNTIL 5:00 A.M. 195 00:11:33,796 --> 00:11:36,385 PERSONS ON THE STREETS DURING THESE HOURS 196 00:11:36,419 --> 00:11:40,044 WHO DO NOT HAVE LEGITIMATE BUSINESS OR EMERGENCY REASONS 197 00:11:40,078 --> 00:11:42,253 WILL BE SUBJECT TO ARREST. 198 00:11:42,287 --> 00:11:45,705 WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WILL BE DONE. 199 00:11:59,788 --> 00:12:03,067 Claude Armour: THERE WILL BE 4,000 TROOPS IN THIS CITY BY 6:00 P.M., 200 00:12:03,101 --> 00:12:06,104 AND THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE IS THAT 201 00:12:06,139 --> 00:12:08,969 HE IS GOING TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER. 202 00:12:09,004 --> 00:12:12,939 WE SHOULD NOT LET FEAR GET THE BEST OF US. 203 00:12:12,973 --> 00:12:14,699 AND WE'RE GOING TO STOP THIS THING 204 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:17,737 AND SEE THAT PEACE COMES BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY. 205 00:12:17,771 --> 00:12:18,876 Reporter: THESE TROOPS ARE ARMED, 206 00:12:18,910 --> 00:12:21,292 ARE THEY CARRYING AMMUNITION? 207 00:12:21,326 --> 00:12:23,501 General: UH, YES. 208 00:12:23,535 --> 00:12:25,296 THEY WILL PROTECT THEMSELVES, OF COURSE. 209 00:12:25,330 --> 00:12:28,782 IF THE SITUATION DEMANDS IT, THEY WILL RETURN THE FIRE. 210 00:12:30,232 --> 00:12:33,269 Reporter: GENERAL, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT THE COST IS 211 00:12:33,304 --> 00:12:35,962 OF THIS OPERATION TO THE TAXPAYERS OF TENNESSEE? 212 00:12:35,996 --> 00:12:39,034 General: NO, I'D BE AFRAID TO MAKE A GUESS OFFHAND. 213 00:12:39,068 --> 00:12:42,071 IT'S NO SMALL COST. 214 00:12:42,106 --> 00:12:44,729 4,000 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN INTO THE CITY. 215 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:47,214 HE'S ALSO ORDERED 200 RIOT-TRAINED STATE PATROLMEN 216 00:12:47,249 --> 00:12:48,422 TO MEMPHIS 217 00:12:48,457 --> 00:12:50,942 AND HAS PLACED AN ADDITIONAL 8,000 GUARDSMEN 218 00:12:50,977 --> 00:12:55,498 ON STANDBY ALERT AT ARMORIES NEAR MEMPHIS. 219 00:12:55,533 --> 00:12:57,155 Henry Lux: THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CALLED IN. 220 00:12:57,190 --> 00:12:58,950 WE HAVE HAD LOOTING AND BURNING, 221 00:12:58,985 --> 00:13:01,504 AND SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN HURT. 222 00:13:01,539 --> 00:13:04,473 WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL AT THIS TIME. 223 00:13:04,507 --> 00:13:07,096 BUT AT THIS TIME, IT'S SPREADING. 224 00:13:11,687 --> 00:13:13,309 Reporter: WAS IT SPONTANEOUS OR PLANNED? 225 00:13:13,344 --> 00:13:15,795 Coby Smith: WELL, IT WAS VERY MUCH SPONTANEOUS. 226 00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:20,109 I THINK WE BETTER GO ON RECORD AS SAYING, ANYWAY. 227 00:13:20,144 --> 00:13:21,628 Reporter: YOU MEAN IT WAS NOT SPONTANEOUS, 228 00:13:21,662 --> 00:13:23,803 BUT ON THE RECORD YOU WANT TO SAY IT'S SPONTANEOUS? 229 00:13:23,837 --> 00:13:25,666 Smith: I THINK WE'LL JUST LET THESE PROBLEMS 230 00:13:25,701 --> 00:13:28,324 JUST IRON THEMSELVES OUT, HOWEVER PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE IT. 231 00:13:28,359 --> 00:13:30,016 BLACK PEOPLE ARE TIRED. 232 00:13:30,050 --> 00:13:31,569 Reporter: YOUR GROUP HAD NOTHING TO DO, THEN, 233 00:13:31,603 --> 00:13:34,537 WITH TRYING TO TAKE OVER DR. KING'S MARCH YESTERDAY? 234 00:13:34,572 --> 00:13:37,713 Smith: WELL, I CAN'T ACTUALLY SAY CONCRETELY 235 00:13:37,747 --> 00:13:40,716 WHETHER WE--WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THE CITY OF MEMPHIS 236 00:13:40,750 --> 00:13:42,683 WAKE UP TO REALITY. 237 00:13:51,554 --> 00:13:55,110 King: I MUST HONESTLY SAY THAT DEMONSTRATION HERE YESTERDAY 238 00:13:55,144 --> 00:14:00,046 WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD NO PART IN PLANNING. 239 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:05,154 I WAS INVITED HERE BY THE LEADERSHIP TO TAKE PART, 240 00:14:05,189 --> 00:14:08,054 AND WE CAME COLD. 241 00:14:08,088 --> 00:14:11,402 WE DIDN'T KNOW ALL OF THE FACTORS INVOLVED. 242 00:14:11,436 --> 00:14:13,438 I CAME HERE TO MAKE A SPEECH TWO WEEKS AGO, 243 00:14:13,473 --> 00:14:16,579 AS SOME 15,000 PEOPLE ASSEMBLED. 244 00:14:16,614 --> 00:14:20,998 AND I ASSUMED THAT SOME OF THE IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLES 245 00:14:21,032 --> 00:14:23,690 THAT WE FIND IN MOST CITIES OVER THE NATION, 246 00:14:23,724 --> 00:14:27,176 PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH, WERE NON-EXISTENT HERE. 247 00:14:41,087 --> 00:14:43,675 RIOTS ARE HERE. 248 00:14:43,710 --> 00:14:49,543 RIOTS ARE A PART OF THE UGLY ATMOSPHERE OF OUR SOCIETY NOW. 249 00:14:49,578 --> 00:14:53,478 I WOULD RATHER PUT MY TIME AND PLACE MY ENERGY 250 00:14:53,513 --> 00:14:56,550 INTO GETTING RID OF THESE CONDITIONS, 251 00:14:56,585 --> 00:14:58,828 BECAUSE AS LONG AS THEY'RE HERE, 252 00:14:58,863 --> 00:15:02,280 THEY'RE GOING TO PRODUCE ANGRY PEOPLE. 253 00:15:02,315 --> 00:15:06,077 Lux: WE'RE STILL HAVING ISOLATED INCIDENTS OF VANDALISM 254 00:15:06,112 --> 00:15:10,323 AND SOME FIRES, BUT CERTAINLY THERE IS A TREMENDOUS DECREASE. 255 00:15:10,357 --> 00:15:12,670 AND I THINK THIS IS DUE IN PART 256 00:15:12,704 --> 00:15:17,261 TO THE GUARD MEN PRESENT AND HEAVIER PATROLS. 257 00:15:17,295 --> 00:15:19,504 King: I'M CONVINCED THAT NON-VIOLENCE IS THE WAY, 258 00:15:19,539 --> 00:15:22,128 AND THAT VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER. 259 00:15:22,162 --> 00:15:23,508 Reporter: DOES THAT MEAN THERE WILL BE NO MORE VIOLENCE 260 00:15:23,543 --> 00:15:24,958 IN MEMPHIS? 261 00:15:24,993 --> 00:15:30,067 King: WELL, I CAN'T GUARANTEE 262 00:15:30,101 --> 00:15:31,413 AND GO TO WASHINGTON. 263 00:15:31,447 --> 00:15:34,002 I'M SIMPLY SAYING THAT 264 00:15:34,036 --> 00:15:38,109 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NON-VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION HERE. 265 00:15:38,144 --> 00:15:39,248 Reporter: DR. KING, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? 266 00:15:39,283 --> 00:15:41,664 King: I WILL BE LEAVING MEMPHIS LATER TODAY, 267 00:15:41,699 --> 00:15:43,390 GOING BACK TO ATLANTA. 268 00:15:43,425 --> 00:15:46,393 AND MY NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO COME BACK TO MEMPHIS, 269 00:15:46,428 --> 00:15:48,740 AND THAT, WE HOPE, CAN TAKE PLACE 270 00:15:48,775 --> 00:15:50,121 IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE DAYS. 271 00:15:50,156 --> 00:15:51,571 Reporter: DR. KING... 272 00:16:01,477 --> 00:16:04,791 King: WE'VE GOT TO GIVE OURSELVES TO THIS STRUGGLE 273 00:16:04,825 --> 00:16:06,413 UNTIL THE END. 274 00:16:06,448 --> 00:16:08,519 NOTHING WOULD BE MORE TRAGIC 275 00:16:08,553 --> 00:16:13,662 THAN TO STOP AT THIS POINT IN MEMPHIS. 276 00:16:13,696 --> 00:16:16,182 I WANT TO THANK GOD ONCE MORE 277 00:16:16,216 --> 00:16:20,220 FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE WITH YOU. 278 00:16:20,255 --> 00:16:23,775 I LEFT ATLANTA THIS MORNING, AND THEN I GOT INTO MEMPHIS. 279 00:16:25,432 --> 00:16:29,160 AND SOME BEGAN TO SAY THE THREATS 280 00:16:29,195 --> 00:16:32,577 OR TALK ABOUT THE THREATS THAT WERE OUT. 281 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:41,138 OR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME FROM SOME OF OUR SICK WHITE BROTHERS. 282 00:16:41,172 --> 00:16:44,313 WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW. 283 00:16:44,348 --> 00:16:46,936 WE'VE GOT SOME DIFFICULT DAYS AHEAD. 284 00:16:48,248 --> 00:16:50,457 BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WITH ME NOW, 285 00:16:50,492 --> 00:16:52,356 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP. 286 00:16:52,390 --> 00:16:54,461 [CHEERING] 287 00:16:54,496 --> 00:16:56,084 AND I DON'T MIND. 288 00:16:59,535 --> 00:17:04,402 LIKE ANYBODY, I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE A LONG LIFE, 289 00:17:04,436 --> 00:17:08,786 LONGEVITY HAS ITS PLACE. 290 00:17:08,819 --> 00:17:12,617 BUT I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT NOW. 291 00:17:12,652 --> 00:17:16,656 I JUST WANT TO DO GOD'S WILL, 292 00:17:16,690 --> 00:17:20,453 AND HE'S ALLOWED ME TO GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN. 293 00:17:20,487 --> 00:17:23,145 AND I'VE LOOKED OVER, 294 00:17:23,180 --> 00:17:28,150 AND I'VE SEEN THE PROMISED LAND. 295 00:17:28,185 --> 00:17:30,946 I MAY NOT GET THERE WITH YOU, 296 00:17:30,980 --> 00:17:35,744 BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW TONIGHT THAT WE, AS A PEOPLE, 297 00:17:35,778 --> 00:17:38,678 WILL GET TO THE PROMISED LAND! 298 00:17:38,712 --> 00:17:41,163 [CHEERING] 299 00:17:43,683 --> 00:17:47,238 SO I'M HAPPY TONIGHT, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANYTHING. 300 00:17:47,273 --> 00:17:49,654 I'M NOT FEARING ANY MAN. 301 00:17:49,689 --> 00:17:54,521 MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE COMING OF THE LORD! 302 00:17:54,556 --> 00:17:56,696 [APPLAUSE] 303 00:18:36,563 --> 00:18:38,151 [GUNSHOT] 304 00:20:44,277 --> 00:20:46,417 Reporter: MEMPHIS POLICE REPORT THEY HAVE JUST CONFIRMED 305 00:20:46,452 --> 00:20:50,007 THAT REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING HAS BEEN SHOT. 306 00:20:59,223 --> 00:21:00,880 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, 307 00:21:00,914 --> 00:21:04,228 ACCORDING TO WHAT ONE OF HIS AIDES TOLD THIS REPORTER, 308 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:05,919 WAS STANDING ON A BALCONY. 309 00:21:05,954 --> 00:21:08,577 Man: IN THE MOTEL ROOM, GETTING READY TO GO TO DINNER. 310 00:21:08,612 --> 00:21:11,442 HE WAS GOING TO MY HOUSE FOR DINNER, AS A MATTER OF FACT. 311 00:21:11,477 --> 00:21:12,926 Jesse Jackson: AND SO I SAID, "DOCTOR, ARE YOU READY TO GO?" 312 00:21:12,961 --> 00:21:17,310 AND HE SAID, "YES, JESSE. LET'S GET READY TO GO RIGHT NOW." 313 00:21:17,345 --> 00:21:18,829 Reporter: YOU DID HEAR A SHOT? 314 00:21:18,863 --> 00:21:21,280 Man: WE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED JUST LIKE A FIRECRACKER, 315 00:21:21,314 --> 00:21:23,834 A LOUD, A REAL LOUD SHOT. 316 00:21:23,868 --> 00:21:27,182 Jackson: I SAID, "DR. KING," AND THAT WAS IT. 317 00:21:28,666 --> 00:21:30,806 AND THE BULLET EXPLODED IN HIS FACE. 318 00:21:30,841 --> 00:21:32,670 Man: HE HAD FALLEN BACKWARDS, 319 00:21:32,705 --> 00:21:34,741 AND I HEARD SOMEBODY HOLLER, "OH, LORD!" 320 00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:39,021 Jackson: THE BULLET KNOCKED HIM UP OFF OF HIS FEET 321 00:21:39,056 --> 00:21:41,679 IN THAT DIRECTION AGAINST THAT LEDGE OVER THERE. 322 00:21:41,714 --> 00:21:43,267 Reporter: DID DR. KING SAY ANYTHING? 323 00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:44,406 Man: HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, HE JUST-- 324 00:21:44,441 --> 00:21:45,890 HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. 325 00:21:45,925 --> 00:21:47,478 Sherman: IT'S A HECTIC SCENE TONIGHT. 326 00:21:47,513 --> 00:21:50,067 A BULLET STRUCK DR. KING IN THE BACK OF THE NECK. 327 00:21:50,101 --> 00:21:53,139 HE WAS RUSHED TO ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. 328 00:21:53,173 --> 00:21:55,452 [SIREN] 329 00:21:55,486 --> 00:21:58,869 Man: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS RECEIVED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM 330 00:21:58,903 --> 00:22:04,702 AT ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 P.M. 331 00:22:04,737 --> 00:22:07,878 Nurse: WELL, I JUST WAS TOLD THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOT. 332 00:22:07,912 --> 00:22:09,914 THE REPORT I GOT WAS IN THE SHOULDER. 333 00:22:09,949 --> 00:22:11,191 IT WAS SERIOUS. 334 00:22:11,226 --> 00:22:14,229 THAT'S WHAT I GOT FROM REVEREND ANDREW YOUNG. 335 00:22:14,263 --> 00:22:15,575 Man: HE IS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, 336 00:22:15,610 --> 00:22:17,266 AND HE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. 337 00:22:17,301 --> 00:22:20,373 Man: AND THERE WAS 20 OR 30 DOCTORS, 338 00:22:20,408 --> 00:22:22,651 AND THEY TRIED EXTERNAL HEART MASSAGE, 339 00:22:22,686 --> 00:22:25,205 AND HIS RESPIRATION MUSCLES WERE PARALYZED, 340 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,690 AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS PARALYZED, 341 00:22:26,724 --> 00:22:28,864 AND HE HAD LOST ALL HIS SENSATIONS. 342 00:22:28,899 --> 00:22:30,763 HE STILL DIDN'T HAVE ANY BLOOD. 343 00:22:30,797 --> 00:22:33,041 YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, REALLY A MASSIVE WOUND. 344 00:22:33,075 --> 00:22:35,354 I'VE NEVER SEEN A WOUND LIKE THIS. 345 00:22:36,596 --> 00:22:40,082 7:05 P.M., APRIL 4, 1968, 346 00:22:40,117 --> 00:22:42,602 MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. 347 00:23:17,188 --> 00:23:18,880 Reporter: DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THIS 348 00:23:18,914 --> 00:23:21,261 TO THE VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED LAST WEEK? 349 00:23:21,296 --> 00:23:23,747 OR DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF IT? 350 00:23:23,781 --> 00:23:26,750 Man: I JUST HAVE NO, NO IDEA WHY 351 00:23:26,784 --> 00:23:28,959 ANYBODY WOULD WANT TO SHOOT DR. KING. 352 00:23:28,993 --> 00:23:30,443 Jackson: GOD KNOWS THIS IS THE MOST TRAGIC THING 353 00:23:30,478 --> 00:23:32,445 THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED IN MY LIFE. 354 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,516 Lawson: I CANNOT IN ANY WAY TRY TO DESCRIBE TO YOU 355 00:23:34,551 --> 00:23:41,558 THE PAIN AND THE SHOCK THAT I FEEL ON THIS VERY DREARY MOMENT 356 00:23:41,592 --> 00:23:44,733 IN THE LIFE OF THIS CITY, AND IN THE LIFE OF THIS NATION, 357 00:23:44,768 --> 00:23:46,459 AND IN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE. 358 00:23:46,494 --> 00:23:48,219 Jackson: THE PATHOLOGY AND THE SICKNESS 359 00:23:48,254 --> 00:23:50,981 AND THE NEUROSIS OF MEMPHIS 360 00:23:51,015 --> 00:23:53,984 AND OF THIS RACIST SOCIETY IN WHICH WE LIVE 361 00:23:54,018 --> 00:23:56,780 IS THAT THAT REALLY PULLED THE TRIGGER. 362 00:23:58,954 --> 00:24:01,716 TO SOME EXTENT DR. KING HAS BEEN A BUFFER THE LAST TWO YEARS 363 00:24:01,750 --> 00:24:05,823 BETWEEN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND THE WHITE COMMUNITY. 364 00:24:05,858 --> 00:24:07,135 THE WHITE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW IT, 365 00:24:07,169 --> 00:24:10,449 BUT THE WHITE PEOPLE'S BEST FRIEND IS DEAD. 366 00:24:24,808 --> 00:24:29,951 Robert F. Kennedy: I HAVE SOME VERY SAD NEWS FOR ALL OF YOU. 367 00:24:32,056 --> 00:24:34,473 COULD YOU LOWER THOSE SIGNS, PLEASE? 368 00:24:35,784 --> 00:24:39,270 I HAVE SOME VERY SAD NEWS FOR ALL OF YOU. 369 00:24:39,305 --> 00:24:44,344 AND I THINK SAD NEWS FOR ALL OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS 370 00:24:44,379 --> 00:24:48,210 AND PEOPLE WHO LOVE PEACE ALL OVER THE WORLD. 371 00:24:48,245 --> 00:24:51,386 AND THAT IS THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS SHOT 372 00:24:51,420 --> 00:24:53,146 AND WAS KILLED TONIGHT IN MEMPHIS. 373 00:24:53,181 --> 00:24:54,907 [SCREAMS] 374 00:24:56,633 --> 00:24:58,427 WHAT WE NEED IN THE UNITED STATES 375 00:24:58,462 --> 00:25:00,913 IS NOT DIVISION. 376 00:25:00,947 --> 00:25:04,433 WHAT WE NEED IN THE UNITED STATES IS NOT HATRED. 377 00:25:04,468 --> 00:25:05,538 WHAT WE NEED IN THE UNITED STATES 378 00:25:05,573 --> 00:25:09,335 IS NOT VIOLENCE AND LAWLESSNESS, 379 00:25:09,369 --> 00:25:15,168 BUT IS LOVE AND WISDOM AND COMPASSION TOWARD ONE ANOTHER. 380 00:25:15,203 --> 00:25:18,102 AND A FEELING OF JUSTICE TOWARD THOSE 381 00:25:18,137 --> 00:25:21,416 WHO STILL SUFFER WITHIN OUR COUNTRY. 382 00:25:22,693 --> 00:25:24,350 MY NAME IS BEN HOOKS. 383 00:25:24,384 --> 00:25:27,284 I KNEW DR. KING PERSONALLY AND INTIMATELY. 384 00:25:27,318 --> 00:25:30,045 I LOVED HIM AS I WOULD HAVE LOVED A BROTHER. 385 00:25:31,460 --> 00:25:34,705 AND SO I CALL ON ALL OF OUR FRIENDS HERE IN MEMPHIS 386 00:25:34,740 --> 00:25:36,465 TO STAY IN YOUR HOMES TONIGHT. 387 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:39,641 AND RATHER THAN BREAK WINDOWS OR SHOOT OR HATE, 388 00:25:39,676 --> 00:25:41,574 GO ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY TO GOD 389 00:25:41,609 --> 00:25:42,886 THAT WE MIGHT LIVE FOR THE THINGS 390 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,579 FOR WHICH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., DIED. 391 00:25:57,901 --> 00:25:59,834 Reporter: IN MEMPHIS, THE MANHUNT CONTINUES. 392 00:25:59,868 --> 00:26:01,974 POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A YOUNG, WELL-DRESSED MAN 393 00:26:02,008 --> 00:26:03,216 SEEN LEAVING A BRICK BUILDING 394 00:26:03,251 --> 00:26:06,116 ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LORRAINE HOTEL. 395 00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:34,489 William Morris: IT'S BELIEVED BY THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, 396 00:26:34,523 --> 00:26:38,010 MR. HOLLOMAN, CHIEF McDONALD, DIRECTOR ARMOUR, AND MYSELF 397 00:26:38,044 --> 00:26:41,116 THAT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION DOES EXIST, 398 00:26:41,151 --> 00:26:42,773 AND AT THIS TIME, WE ARE ASKING 399 00:26:42,808 --> 00:26:45,500 THAT ALL PEOPLE OF MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY OBSERVE 400 00:26:45,534 --> 00:26:47,744 AS WE PUT INTO EFFECT OUR CURFEW, 401 00:26:47,778 --> 00:26:49,228 WE REQUEST THAT ALL PERSONS, 402 00:26:49,262 --> 00:26:52,541 UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY AN EMERGENCY TO BE ON THE STREET, 403 00:26:52,576 --> 00:26:57,408 TO GO TO THEIR HOMES AND STAY THERE UNTIL TOMORROW 404 00:26:57,443 --> 00:27:00,239 WHEN THINGS HOPEFULLY WILL BE IN A BETTER SITUATION. 405 00:27:10,939 --> 00:27:12,838 Reporter: WELL, CHIEF, WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF THE CITY? 406 00:27:12,872 --> 00:27:15,150 Police Chief: THE CITY IS UNDER ATTACK. 407 00:27:30,856 --> 00:27:34,066 THIS IS JOHN TRUE, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, MEMPHIS. 408 00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:36,206 POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT COMPANIES ARE SCRAMBLING 409 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,070 IN ANSWER TO REPORTS OF SPORADIC OUTBREAKS 410 00:27:38,104 --> 00:27:40,693 OF LOOTING, FIRES AND AN OCCASIONAL SNIPER FIRE. 411 00:27:40,728 --> 00:27:42,143 TWO POLICEMEN HAVE BEEN SHOT. 412 00:27:42,177 --> 00:27:43,972 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS AND HIGHWAY PATROLMEN 413 00:27:44,007 --> 00:27:45,387 ARE BEING CALLED IN. 414 00:27:45,422 --> 00:27:47,010 A CURFEW IS IN EFFECT IN THE CITY TONIGHT 415 00:27:47,044 --> 00:27:49,529 AND ONLY EMERGENCY TRAFFIC IS BEING ALLOWED. 416 00:27:57,399 --> 00:27:58,884 Reporter: THE PRESIDENT HAS TURNED HIS FULL ATTENTION 417 00:27:58,918 --> 00:28:00,851 TO DOMESTIC MATTERS, PARTICULARLY THE VIOLENCE 418 00:28:00,886 --> 00:28:03,612 SPAWNED BY THE DEATH OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. 419 00:28:03,647 --> 00:28:05,787 Man: THE GOVERNOR MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT, 420 00:28:05,822 --> 00:28:09,584 "I MOST EARNESTLY ASK THE PEOPLE OF MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY 421 00:28:09,618 --> 00:28:10,965 TO REMAIN CALM 422 00:28:10,999 --> 00:28:14,106 IN FACE OF THIS MOST REGRETTABLE AND TRAGIC INCIDENT. 423 00:28:14,140 --> 00:28:17,040 I CAN FULLY APPRECIATE THE FEELINGS AND EMOTION 424 00:28:17,074 --> 00:28:19,559 WHICH THIS TRAGIC OCCURRENCE HAS AROUSED. 425 00:28:19,594 --> 00:28:21,458 BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE, 426 00:28:21,492 --> 00:28:24,426 ALL OF OUR CITIZENS MUST EXERCISE RESTRAINT 427 00:28:24,461 --> 00:28:27,395 AND CAUTION AND GOOD JUDGMENT AT THIS TIME." 428 00:28:48,381 --> 00:28:50,521 Reporter: PRESIDENT JOHNSON HAS CANCELED HIS TRIP TO HONOLULU 429 00:28:50,556 --> 00:28:52,075 FOR A VIETNAM STRATEGY CONFERENCE 430 00:28:52,109 --> 00:28:54,422 WITH COMMANDING GENERAL WILLIAM WESTMORELAND AND OTHERS. 431 00:28:54,456 --> 00:28:55,837 HERE IN WASHINGTON, 432 00:28:55,872 --> 00:28:58,460 THE D.C. NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR ACTIVE DUTY 433 00:28:58,495 --> 00:29:01,222 FOR THE WEEKEND AS FIRES AND OTHER OUTBREAKS OF DISORDER 434 00:29:01,256 --> 00:29:03,672 CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE NATION'S CAPITAL. 435 00:29:03,707 --> 00:29:05,674 DEMONSTRATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE STREET 436 00:29:05,709 --> 00:29:07,746 RIGHT NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. 437 00:30:03,180 --> 00:30:04,803 Reporter: WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE AND LOOTING BROKE OUT 438 00:30:04,837 --> 00:30:06,597 IN TWO AREAS OF NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT. 439 00:30:06,632 --> 00:30:07,771 EXTRA POLICE WERE BEING RUSHED 440 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:09,877 INTO THE TWO LARGEST GHETTOS IN THE CITY-- 441 00:30:09,911 --> 00:30:12,017 HARLEM AND BROOKLYN'S BEDFORD-STUYVESANT SECTION. 442 00:30:12,051 --> 00:30:13,328 Reporter: 3,000 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN 443 00:30:13,363 --> 00:30:14,847 ARE ON THE STREET IN CHICAGO TONIGHT. 444 00:30:14,882 --> 00:30:19,300 AT LEAST THREE PERSONS ARE DEAD AND POSSIBLY A FOURTH. 445 00:30:19,334 --> 00:30:21,233 Reporter: STUDENTS ENRAGED BY THE SNIPER SLAYING 446 00:30:21,267 --> 00:30:22,682 OF MARTIN LUTHER KING 447 00:30:22,717 --> 00:30:23,994 WENT ON A SHOOTING AND BURNING RAMPAGE 448 00:30:24,029 --> 00:30:25,375 HERE AT TALLAHASSEE EARLY THIS MORNING. 449 00:30:25,409 --> 00:30:26,894 Reporter: DEMONSTRATORS IN THE TIMES SQUARE SECTION 450 00:30:26,928 --> 00:30:28,723 STOOD ON STREET CORNERS CHANTING, 451 00:30:28,757 --> 00:30:31,484 "WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM? DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING." 452 00:30:31,519 --> 00:30:33,383 Reporter: THE RACIAL VIOLENCE HAS STRUCK THE WINDY CITY. 453 00:30:33,417 --> 00:30:35,592 FIRES ARE BLAZING OUT OF CONTROL ON THE WEST SIDE 454 00:30:35,626 --> 00:30:37,905 AND OVER IT ALL, THE STENCH OF FEAR. 455 00:30:37,939 --> 00:30:39,768 Reporter: POPE PAUL IS PROFOUNDLY SADDENED 456 00:30:39,803 --> 00:30:42,564 BY THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. 457 00:30:42,599 --> 00:30:44,118 THE POPE WENT TO HIS PRIVATE CHAPEL 458 00:30:44,152 --> 00:30:46,983 TO PRAY FOR THE NEGRO LEADER AS SOON AS HE LEARNED OF HIS DEATH. 459 00:30:47,017 --> 00:30:48,363 Man: WELL, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS 460 00:30:48,398 --> 00:30:50,503 I WISH WE WOULD QUIT SHOOTING OUR BEST PEOPLE. 461 00:30:50,538 --> 00:30:53,852 Man: WE KILLED A PRESIDENT, AND NOW WE KILLED A SAINT. 462 00:30:53,886 --> 00:30:58,097 Man: IT DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR 1968. 463 00:30:58,132 --> 00:31:03,413 Ralph Abernathy: EVERY WELL-THINKING AMERICAN CITIZEN 464 00:31:03,447 --> 00:31:10,144 OUGHT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHO KILLED MARTIN LUTHER KING. 465 00:31:10,178 --> 00:31:17,496 BUT I AM NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT WHO KILLED MARTIN LUTHER KING 466 00:31:17,530 --> 00:31:22,604 AS I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT KILLED MARTIN LUTHER KING. 467 00:31:22,639 --> 00:31:24,434 [APPLAUSE] 468 00:31:27,644 --> 00:31:29,680 Reporter: NATIONWIDE, SLUM RIOTING HAS CLAIMED 469 00:31:29,715 --> 00:31:31,027 MORE THAN 30 LIVES, 470 00:31:31,061 --> 00:31:34,754 AND DAMAGE IS RUNNING INTO COUNTLESS MILLIONS. 471 00:31:34,789 --> 00:31:36,377 Reporter: MEMPHIS MAYOR HENRY LOEB HAS DECLARED 472 00:31:36,411 --> 00:31:38,897 FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TO BE DAYS OF COMMUNITY MOURNING 473 00:31:38,931 --> 00:31:41,451 IN MEMPHIS. 474 00:31:41,485 --> 00:31:45,869 FLAGS WILL BE FLOWN AT HALF-MAST DURING THIS TIME. 475 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:48,044 Reporter: POLICE ARE STILL SEEKING THE YOUNG WHITE MAN 476 00:31:48,078 --> 00:31:50,667 WHO ASSASSINATED DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., 477 00:31:50,701 --> 00:31:56,052 THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE LORRAINE HOTEL IN MEMPHIS. 478 00:31:56,086 --> 00:31:57,605 Reporter: MR. HOLLOMAN, ARE YOU HOLDING A SUSPECT RIGHT NOW, SIR? 479 00:31:57,639 --> 00:31:58,951 Frank Holloman: NO, SIR. 480 00:31:58,986 --> 00:32:00,021 Reporter: DO YOU HAVE A MATERIAL WITNESS, SIR? 481 00:32:00,056 --> 00:32:01,022 Holloman: NO, SIR. 482 00:32:04,888 --> 00:32:07,891 Holloman: THERE WAS 25 TO 30 OFFICERS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. 483 00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:11,101 THE PROTECTION WAS SO CLOSE THAT ONE OF THE OFFICERS 484 00:32:11,136 --> 00:32:14,518 ACTUALLY SAW DR. KING WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE BULLET. 485 00:32:14,553 --> 00:32:18,660 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE PREVENTED A SNIPER ASSASSIN 486 00:32:18,695 --> 00:32:20,317 TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED HIS PURPOSE. 487 00:32:20,352 --> 00:32:22,112 Reporter: HOW COULD HE GET AWAY WITH SO MANY MEN IN THE AREA? 488 00:32:22,147 --> 00:32:23,872 Holloman: THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH 489 00:32:23,907 --> 00:32:25,391 AT THIS TIME. 490 00:32:25,426 --> 00:32:27,600 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFERED HIS COMPLETE ASSISTANCE 491 00:32:27,635 --> 00:32:29,188 OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 492 00:32:29,223 --> 00:32:32,053 IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS CRIME. 493 00:32:32,088 --> 00:32:33,675 Reporter: PRESIDENT JOHNSON, 494 00:32:33,710 --> 00:32:36,161 WITH HIS HONOLULU HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE HELD IN ABEYANCE 495 00:32:36,195 --> 00:32:38,301 BY THE KILLING OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, 496 00:32:38,335 --> 00:32:40,234 WILL MEET WITH UNSPECIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS 497 00:32:40,268 --> 00:32:41,545 TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 498 00:32:41,580 --> 00:32:43,375 MEANWHILE, ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMSEY CLARK 499 00:32:43,409 --> 00:32:46,999 AND THREE OTHER FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE FLOWN TO MEMPHIS. 500 00:32:47,034 --> 00:32:48,414 Ramsey Clark: WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE 501 00:32:48,449 --> 00:32:50,347 THAT THERE WAS A WIDESPREAD PLOT. 502 00:32:50,382 --> 00:32:54,110 THE EVIDENCE AT THIS TIME INDICATES THAT 503 00:32:54,144 --> 00:32:56,422 IT WAS THE ACT OF A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL. 504 00:32:56,457 --> 00:33:00,357 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, 505 00:33:00,392 --> 00:33:04,120 MORE THAN YOU ORDINARILY HAVE IN A CRIME 506 00:33:04,154 --> 00:33:06,156 AND A SITUATION OF THIS TYPE 507 00:33:06,191 --> 00:33:09,297 AT THIS TIME IN AN INVESTIGATION. 508 00:33:09,332 --> 00:33:12,921 THE GUN ITSELF AND THE PROJECTILE ARE IN WASHINGTON, 509 00:33:12,956 --> 00:33:15,303 AND THEY ARE UNDER LABORATORY SCRUTINY AT THIS TIME. 510 00:33:15,338 --> 00:33:18,410 THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY ON THAT SUBJECT. 511 00:33:18,444 --> 00:33:20,826 YOUR INVESTIGATION IS SPREADING? 512 00:33:20,860 --> 00:33:22,724 HOW FAR AWAY FROM TENNESSEE? 513 00:33:22,759 --> 00:33:25,244 Clark: IT WILL SPREAD AS FAR AS THE EVIDENCE TAKES US, 514 00:33:25,279 --> 00:33:28,006 AND IT HAS SPREAD SOME SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES 515 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,801 FROM THE BORDERS OF TENNESSEE AT THIS TIME. 516 00:33:35,910 --> 00:33:37,118 Reporter: POLICE IN MEMPHIS REMAIN MUM 517 00:33:37,153 --> 00:33:38,257 ON THEIR INVESTIGATION 518 00:33:38,292 --> 00:33:41,295 OF THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. 519 00:33:41,329 --> 00:33:43,676 HERE IS WHAT POLICE KNOW BUT SAY LITTLE ABOUT-- 520 00:33:43,711 --> 00:33:45,575 THEY ARE SEEKING A 30-YEAR-OLD WHITE MAN 521 00:33:45,609 --> 00:33:49,234 WHO SPOKE WITH A SOUTHERN DRAWL WHO CALLED HIMSELF JOHN WILLARD. 522 00:33:49,268 --> 00:33:50,890 THERE ARE INDICATIONS AUTHORITIES ALREADY KNOW 523 00:33:50,925 --> 00:33:52,547 HIS REAL NAME. 524 00:33:52,582 --> 00:33:53,859 IN A RELATED DEVELOPMENT, 525 00:33:53,893 --> 00:33:55,964 A 20-YEAR-OLD MEMPHIS NEGRO YOUTH DIED EARLY TODAY 526 00:33:55,999 --> 00:33:57,897 AND BECAME THE CITY'S FIRST VICTIM 527 00:33:57,932 --> 00:33:59,727 OF THE THURSDAY NIGHT RIOTING IN MEMPHIS 528 00:33:59,761 --> 00:34:03,110 TOUCHED OFF BY THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. KING. 529 00:34:04,559 --> 00:34:06,561 SCOTT PETERS, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, 530 00:34:06,596 --> 00:34:08,529 THE WHITE HOUSE. 531 00:34:08,563 --> 00:34:10,806 PRESIDENT JOHNSON WAS BRIEFED THIS MORNING AT 4:00 A.M. 532 00:34:10,841 --> 00:34:12,947 AND AGAIN AT 6:30 ON THE SITUATION SURROUNDING 533 00:34:12,981 --> 00:34:15,812 THE RIOTING AND LOOTING SINCE THURSDAY NIGHT. 534 00:34:17,813 --> 00:34:20,713 WASHINGTON LOOKS LIKE A CITY AT WAR, AND IT IS. 535 00:34:20,748 --> 00:34:22,922 THERE ARE SOMETHING LIKE 4,000 TROOPS IN THE CITY 536 00:34:22,956 --> 00:34:24,752 AND TANKS RUMBLE THROUGH THE STREETS. 537 00:34:24,786 --> 00:34:29,136 A MACHINE GUN POST WAS SET UP ON CAPITOL HILL. 538 00:34:29,170 --> 00:34:31,621 BLACK SMOKE CAN BE SEEN BILLOWING INTO THE AIR 539 00:34:31,655 --> 00:34:34,002 IN MANY PARTS OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, 540 00:34:34,036 --> 00:34:38,869 SOME OF THE TROUBLE JUST THREE BLOCKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. 541 00:34:38,904 --> 00:34:40,456 PRESIDENT JOHNSON HAS ISSUED A PROCLAMATION 542 00:34:40,492 --> 00:34:41,976 DECLARING THIS SUNDAY 543 00:34:42,010 --> 00:34:44,806 AS A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING THROUGHOUT AMERICA. 544 00:35:12,938 --> 00:35:15,630 Man: WE IMPLORE OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL 545 00:35:15,665 --> 00:35:18,288 TO ADDRESS THEMSELVES WITH SWIFT DISPATCH 546 00:35:18,323 --> 00:35:20,601 TO THE MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION. 547 00:35:20,635 --> 00:35:22,327 WE ARE PERSUADED THAT ONLY WHEN 548 00:35:22,361 --> 00:35:26,538 A SPIRIT OF FLEXIBILITY AND GOODWILL DOMINATES 549 00:35:26,572 --> 00:35:29,230 CAN TRUE PEACE AND PROGRESS COME TO OUR CITY. 550 00:35:29,265 --> 00:35:30,680 Man: MR. HONORABLE MAYOR, 551 00:35:30,714 --> 00:35:35,857 I FEEL DEEPLY THAT THE APOSTLE, THE GREATEST APOSTLE OF PEACE 552 00:35:35,892 --> 00:35:39,206 IN THIS DECADE, THIS AGE, HAS DIED. 553 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:44,245 I FEEL THAT IF ANY CONSTRUCTIVE AND STABILIZING FORCES 554 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,316 ARE TO COME ON THE SCENE, 555 00:35:46,351 --> 00:35:49,664 IT WILL HAVE TO COME FROM OUR WHITE BROTHER, YOU. 556 00:35:49,699 --> 00:35:51,494 AND IT IS IN THIS SPIRIT 557 00:35:51,528 --> 00:35:55,670 THAT YOU CAN SPEAK MOST EFFECTIVELY AND CONSTRUCTIVELY. 558 00:35:55,705 --> 00:35:57,810 Man: YOU'RE A HUMAN BEING, TOO, 559 00:35:57,845 --> 00:36:02,574 AND SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU AS A MAN. 560 00:36:02,608 --> 00:36:05,646 Man: MR. MAYOR, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME 561 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,373 I'VE COME TO YOU PLEADING. 562 00:36:08,407 --> 00:36:11,997 IF WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO GET A HEARING 563 00:36:12,031 --> 00:36:15,311 AS MINISTERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY, 564 00:36:15,345 --> 00:36:19,660 WE NEVER WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO SEND FOR KING OR ANYBODY ELSE. 565 00:37:25,277 --> 00:37:26,830 Clark: WHEN MRS. KING ARRIVED, 566 00:37:26,865 --> 00:37:29,937 WE MET WITH HER BRIEFLY ON THE AIRPLANE. 567 00:37:32,077 --> 00:37:35,667 WE EXPRESSED FOR THE PRESIDENT, FOR OUR GOVERNMENT, 568 00:37:35,701 --> 00:37:39,705 FOR OURSELVES, AND THE NATION, OUR PROFOUND SORROW. 569 00:37:41,431 --> 00:37:45,021 Reporter: THEY ARE NOW SLOWLY ROLLING THE GOLD CASKET 570 00:37:45,055 --> 00:37:48,714 CONTAINING THE BODY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING 571 00:37:48,749 --> 00:37:50,682 INTO THE CHARTERED AIRPLANE 572 00:37:50,716 --> 00:37:53,823 SENT TO MEMPHIS BY SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY. 573 00:37:53,857 --> 00:37:57,309 POLICE HERE HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME CONTROLLING THE CROWDS 574 00:37:57,344 --> 00:37:59,311 THAT HAVE GATHERED AROUND THE PLANE. 575 00:37:59,346 --> 00:38:01,969 THE FUNERAL WILL BE TUESDAY. 576 00:38:02,003 --> 00:38:05,559 DR. KING'S PLANNED MARCH IN MEMPHIS MONDAY 577 00:38:05,593 --> 00:38:07,181 WILL BE CARRIED OUT. 578 00:38:07,215 --> 00:38:08,562 REVEREND RALPH ABERNATHY, 579 00:38:08,596 --> 00:38:11,150 WHO'S DESTINED TO BECOME THE NEW LEADER 580 00:38:11,185 --> 00:38:14,464 OF DR. KING'S SOUTHERN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, 581 00:38:14,499 --> 00:38:17,605 HAS ANNOUNCED WE WILL RETURN MONDAY. 582 00:38:19,745 --> 00:38:21,713 Reporter: THE BODY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING 583 00:38:21,747 --> 00:38:24,888 HAS BEEN RETURNED TO HIS HOME CITY OF ATLANTA. 584 00:38:31,895 --> 00:38:33,759 Reporter: IT'S A GRAY, OVERCAST DAY HERE IN MEMPHIS 585 00:38:33,794 --> 00:38:35,830 AS THOUSANDS OF THE CITY'S NEGROES GATHER TO MARCH 586 00:38:35,865 --> 00:38:38,488 IN THE INTERRUPTED SANITATION MEN'S DEMONSTRATION. 587 00:38:38,523 --> 00:38:40,248 Reporter: THE MARCH IS RUNNING A BIT LATER THAN PLANNED 588 00:38:40,283 --> 00:38:42,630 DUE TO THE LATE ARRIVAL OF MRS. KING 589 00:38:42,665 --> 00:38:47,048 WHO WAS HELD UP IN ATLANTA'S AIRPORT BECAUSE OF FOG. 590 00:38:47,083 --> 00:38:48,878 Reporter: IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS 10 MINUTES TO 11:00, 591 00:38:48,912 --> 00:38:51,156 AND THE MARCH IS JUST ABOUT READY TO GET UNDER WAY. 592 00:38:51,190 --> 00:38:53,227 IT'S AN EXTREMELY LARGE CROWD. 593 00:38:53,261 --> 00:38:54,401 Reporter: LEADING THE PROCESSION, 594 00:38:54,435 --> 00:38:57,058 THE WIDOW OF THE LATE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING 595 00:38:57,093 --> 00:38:58,577 AND HER THREE CHILDREN, 596 00:38:58,612 --> 00:39:01,546 THE REVEREND RALPH ABERNATHY-- DR. KING'S SUCCESSOR, 597 00:39:01,580 --> 00:39:03,133 HARRY BELAFONTE, 598 00:39:03,168 --> 00:39:05,481 UNITED AUTO WORKERS' PRESIDENT WALTER REUTHER, 599 00:39:05,515 --> 00:39:07,241 AND OTHER UNION LEADERS. 600 00:39:07,275 --> 00:39:09,139 THE NUMBER OF MARCHERS, PREVIOUSLY ESTIMATED 601 00:39:09,174 --> 00:39:12,936 BETWEEN 8,000 TO 15,000 BY VARIOUS SOURCES, 602 00:39:12,971 --> 00:39:15,732 MAY BE CLOSER TO 30,000 OR 40,000. 603 00:39:15,767 --> 00:39:18,045 Reporter: LOCAL POLICE HAVE PROVIDED THE TIGHTEST SECURITY MEASURES 604 00:39:18,079 --> 00:39:19,909 EVER IMPOSED ON THE CITY. 605 00:39:19,943 --> 00:39:22,394 OFF THEY STEP NOW, BLACK AND WHITE, OUT HERE TODAY, 606 00:39:22,429 --> 00:39:26,156 BECAUSE THEIR LEADER HAD A DREAM THEY INTEND TO MAKE REAL. 607 00:39:26,191 --> 00:39:28,573 Reporter: THEY WALK IN TOTAL SILENCE. 608 00:39:28,607 --> 00:39:31,679 AN ALMOST AN UNBELIEVABLE EERIE QUIET. 609 00:39:45,175 --> 00:39:46,729 Harry Belafonte: AND I'VE COME TO REAFFIRM 610 00:39:46,763 --> 00:39:48,351 THAT I AM AS MORE COMMITTED TODAY 611 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:51,492 TO THE CAUSES OF HUMAN DIGNITY 612 00:39:51,527 --> 00:39:53,943 AS A BLACK MAN WHO DRAWS STRENGTH 613 00:39:53,977 --> 00:39:55,841 FROM A DEPARTED BLACK BROTHER. 614 00:39:55,876 --> 00:39:58,982 Walter Reuther: THE WHITEST AMERICAN CANNOT BE FREE 615 00:39:59,017 --> 00:40:01,847 UNTIL HE GIVES HIS HAND TO THE BLACKEST AMERICAN 616 00:40:01,882 --> 00:40:04,436 TO MAKE HIM FREE. 617 00:40:04,471 --> 00:40:06,542 Coretta Scott King: WE LOVED HIM DEARLY. 618 00:40:06,576 --> 00:40:09,648 I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT HIS SIDE 619 00:40:09,683 --> 00:40:12,720 WHEN I FELT THAT HE NEEDED ME. 620 00:40:12,755 --> 00:40:17,345 AND SO TODAY I FELT THAT 621 00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:20,487 HE WOULD HAVE WANTED ME TO BE HERE. 622 00:40:26,527 --> 00:40:28,115 JOHN CHAMBERS, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, 623 00:40:28,149 --> 00:40:29,530 ON CAPITOL HILL. 624 00:40:29,565 --> 00:40:31,636 WHILE MARTIN LUTHER KING'S FUNERAL PROCESSION 625 00:40:31,670 --> 00:40:33,534 FILED THROUGH THE STREETS OF ATLANTA, 626 00:40:33,569 --> 00:40:36,606 THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE SENT THE 1968 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL 627 00:40:36,641 --> 00:40:37,849 TO THE FLOOR FOR ACTION. 628 00:40:37,883 --> 00:40:39,367 THAT COULD COME TOMORROW. 629 00:40:39,402 --> 00:40:40,748 SCOTT PETERS, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, 630 00:40:40,783 --> 00:40:42,198 THE WHITE HOUSE. 631 00:40:42,232 --> 00:40:45,063 PRESIDENT JOHNSON HAS SIGNED THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL OF 1968. 632 00:40:45,097 --> 00:40:49,239 Johnson: NOW WITH THIS BILL, THE VOICE OF JUSTICE SPEAKS AGAIN. 633 00:40:49,274 --> 00:40:51,310 Reporter: IN AN EAST ROOM CEREMONY, THE PRESIDENT MADE THE BILL, 634 00:40:51,345 --> 00:40:53,830 WITH ITS CONTROVERSIAL FAIR HOUSING SECTION, 635 00:40:53,865 --> 00:40:55,556 THE LAW OF THE LAND. 636 00:41:00,975 --> 00:41:02,908 Man: THE CITY OF MEMPHIS RECOGNIZES 637 00:41:02,943 --> 00:41:04,289 THE AMERICAN FEDERATION 638 00:41:04,323 --> 00:41:06,740 OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES 639 00:41:06,774 --> 00:41:10,157 AS A DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS. 640 00:41:10,191 --> 00:41:12,193 Man: GO AHEAD, BROTHER JONES, TAKE THE VOTE. 641 00:41:12,228 --> 00:41:13,816 T.O. Jones: ALL IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATION, 642 00:41:13,850 --> 00:41:16,197 LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING "AYE." 643 00:41:16,232 --> 00:41:18,476 All: AYE. 644 00:41:18,510 --> 00:41:20,478 [APPLAUSE] 645 00:41:23,170 --> 00:41:25,310 Lawson: AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET-- 646 00:41:25,344 --> 00:41:28,347 I AM TELLING YOU NOW ON THE BEHALF OF THESE PREACHERS-- 647 00:41:28,382 --> 00:41:30,591 WE'RE NOT GOING TO FORGET THE FACT 648 00:41:30,626 --> 00:41:34,043 THAT WE'RE BOUND BY THE BLOOD OF MARTIN LUTHER KING 649 00:41:34,077 --> 00:41:37,978 AS WELL AS BY THE SWEAT AND TOIL THAT WE'VE ALL GIVEN. 650 00:42:20,399 --> 00:42:21,746 Reporter: THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED 651 00:42:21,780 --> 00:42:23,092 THAT JAMES EARL RAY, 652 00:42:23,126 --> 00:42:25,646 THE ACCUSED ASSASSIN OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, 653 00:42:25,681 --> 00:42:27,855 HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN LONDON, ENGLAND. 654 00:42:27,890 --> 00:42:29,581 IT WAS SAID THAT RAY'S ARREST 655 00:42:29,616 --> 00:42:32,066 WAS THE RESULT OF INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI 656 00:42:32,101 --> 00:42:36,277 PURSUED IN ALL 50 STATES AS WELL AS IN CANADA, MEXICO, 657 00:42:36,312 --> 00:42:38,797 PORTUGAL, ENGLAND, AND OTHER COUNTRIES. 658 00:42:38,832 --> 00:42:40,730 HOOVER SAID THAT RAY WAS DETAINED IN ENGLAND 659 00:42:40,765 --> 00:42:44,976 BASED ON ISSUES OF FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTATION OF PASSPORT, 660 00:42:45,010 --> 00:42:48,738 AND ALSO ON THE FACT THAT HE WAS CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON. 661 00:42:48,773 --> 00:42:50,706 Loeb: THE CITIZENS OF MEMPHIS ARE ELATED 662 00:42:50,740 --> 00:42:53,605 OVER THE APPREHENSION OF JAMES EARL RAY. 663 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,815 AND THAT'S OUR DUTY, IT'LL BE A PRIVILEGE TO CARRY IT OUT. 664 00:42:56,850 --> 00:43:00,612 Lawson: I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SAID CLEARLY, 665 00:43:00,647 --> 00:43:02,372 THAT SO FAR AS THE BLACK COMMUNITY 666 00:43:02,407 --> 00:43:03,891 IS CONCERNED IN MEMPHIS, 667 00:43:03,926 --> 00:43:09,138 MANY OF US QUESTION THE IDEA THAT ONLY ONE MAN WAS INVOLVED. 668 00:43:09,172 --> 00:43:10,588 KNOWING, AS AN EXAMPLE, 669 00:43:10,622 --> 00:43:15,938 HOW EFFICIENTLY OUR POLICE CAN BLOCK OFF WOULD-BE BANK ROBBERS 670 00:43:15,972 --> 00:43:17,905 FROM GETTING OUT OF THE CITY, 671 00:43:17,940 --> 00:43:21,081 WE'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW ONE MAN COMMITTED A CRIME, 672 00:43:21,115 --> 00:43:24,325 WITH THE POLICE ON THE SCENE WITHIN TWO MINUTES, 673 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,950 COULD NONETHELESS GET OUT OF THE CITY BY HIMSELF. 674 00:43:29,710 --> 00:43:31,643 Reporter: DO YOU FEEL THAT JAMES EARL RAY 675 00:43:31,678 --> 00:43:34,819 COULD HAVE PLANNED THIS THING AND EXECUTED AND DONE IT 676 00:43:34,853 --> 00:43:35,992 COMPLETELY BY HIMSELF? 677 00:43:36,027 --> 00:43:36,821 Man: I THINK SO. 678 00:43:36,855 --> 00:43:38,098 MY POSITION IS THAT 679 00:43:38,132 --> 00:43:41,653 WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF A CONSPIRACY. 680 00:43:41,688 --> 00:43:44,898 THERE ARE SEVERAL INDICATIONS IN HIS BACKGROUND 681 00:43:44,932 --> 00:43:47,970 THAT HE WAS ANTI-NEGRO AND ANTI-SEMITIC. 682 00:44:19,553 --> 00:44:22,452 Ted Kennedy: TO SOME, THIS IS A DAY OF SORROW. 683 00:44:24,178 --> 00:44:27,734 TO SOME, THIS IS AN OCCASION FOR FEAR. 684 00:44:27,768 --> 00:44:30,909 TO ME, THIS IS A DAY OF HOPE. 685 00:44:32,773 --> 00:44:36,259 AND IF THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF DR. KING AND MEDGAR EVERS 686 00:44:36,294 --> 00:44:37,709 AND THOSE FOUR LITTLE GIRLS 687 00:44:37,744 --> 00:44:40,712 IN THE 16th STREET BAPTIST CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM 688 00:44:40,747 --> 00:44:44,302 HAD ANY MEANING, IT WAS THAT WE SHOULD USE OUR POWER 689 00:44:44,336 --> 00:44:46,442 NOT TO CREATE CONDITIONS OF OPPRESSION 690 00:44:46,476 --> 00:44:48,064 THAT LEAD TO VIOLENCE, 691 00:44:48,099 --> 00:44:51,447 BUT CONDITIONS OF HOPE THAT LEAD TO PEACE. 692 00:44:54,519 --> 00:44:56,832 LET US PRAY AS DR. KING PRAYED 693 00:44:56,866 --> 00:45:00,145 IN THE UNIVERSAL PSALM OF BROTHERHOOD 694 00:45:00,180 --> 00:45:04,736 THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO HIM AND TO YOU AND TO ALL OF US 695 00:45:04,771 --> 00:45:09,361 AND THAT SHOULD BE THE PRAYER OF THIS, THIS HOLY DAY. 696 00:45:09,396 --> 00:45:14,125 IF WE CAN HELP SOMEBODY AS WE PASS ALONG, 697 00:45:14,159 --> 00:45:17,922 IF WE CAN CHEER SOMEBODY IN THIS LIFE, 698 00:45:17,956 --> 00:45:22,581 IF WE CAN SHOW SOMEBODY THAT HE'S TRAVELING WRONG, 699 00:45:22,616 --> 00:45:25,446 THEN OUR LIVES SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN. 700 00:45:25,481 --> 00:45:28,864 [APPLAUSE]