[Video, Captioned] James Farmer's Reflections #7

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[Video, Captioned] James Farmer's Reflections #7

title: [Video, Captioned] James Farmer's Reflections #7

creator: WNVT-TV

creator: University of Mary Washington

contributor: Maisano, Francesca

date: 1987

format: MP4

format: 26 min. 57 sec.

type: Moving Image

description: In this lecture, James Farmer explains the origins of the March on Washington, and how A. Philip Randolph directed the March. At the time of the March, Farmer was arrested due to his involvement in the Freedom Rides. He watched the March on Washington on a television set from jail. Farmer explains the collaboration of labor leaders and Civil Rights leaders. Then Farmer explains the beginning of his visit to Plaquemine, LA, where a peaceful march was attacked by state troopers who continued the attack through the night, searching specifically for Farmer who was hiding in a church and later a funeral home.

publisher: University of Mary Washington

subject: Farmer, James, 1920-1999

subject: Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century

subject: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)

subject: Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979

subject: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

subject: Louisiana -- Plaquemine

relation: [Transcript] James Farmer's Reflections #7

language: English

identifier: reflections_007_captions

rights: This item is in copyright. It is available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Items may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes without prior written consent from the University of Mary Washington.

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