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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This film, “The New Mood“ is the seventh episode of the documentary series “History of the Negro People,“ which was narrated by Ossie episode explores the history of African American’s fight for equal rights under U.S. law and integration into U.S. society, ranging from 1954 Supreme Court school desegregation ruling and the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights law. This show was presented by NET (National Education Television Network). The producer was Arthur W. Rabin and the associate producer was James Benjamin. Anita King was the assistant to the producer. This program was supported in part by a grant from the Taconic Foundation, Inc. The episode begins with a man standing in the dark and slightly lit from behind representing how African Americans were for a long time invisible in the eyes of American society (0:29). Black men and women walk along a bridge (2:28). United States Supreme Court Building (3:09). Black students in a classroom with the words “Slavery is the past?” hung in the background (3:20). Black students clap (3:44). Black baby sits on lap (3:50). Sign saying “Montgomery City Limit” (4:35). Buses in a parking lot (4:39). Inside of an empty bus (4:41). Rosa Parks (4:44). Martin Luther King Jr. gives a speech (5:20). Passengers board a bus (5:25). Martin Luther King Jr. and a crowd full of black men and women (5:30). Shoes of walking people (6:09). City street (6:16). Sign saying “White Forward Color Rear” (6:24). Black woman dancing down an aisle (6:28). Black man enters bus (6:33). Martin Luther King Jr. on bus (6:43). White police officers looking at black children (7:03). Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas after the Supreme Court decision banning segregation (7:12). Elizabeth Eckford goes to school (7:20). Soldiers create boundaries (7:32). White men (7:48). Elizabeth Eckford sitting on a bench (7:50). Students walk in a group (8:06). February 1, 1960 in Greensboro North Carolina black students launched sit-in protests (8:20). People throw food at black students (8:32). Sign “Welcome to Mississippi” (8:48). Bloody man in a suit (8:56). Bus on fire (9:07). White man with a black eye (9:12). Federal Marshals were brought in to enforce the 1954 Supreme Court decision (9:43). Autherine Lucy is admitted to the University of Alabama (9:50). Charlene Hunter and Hamilton Holmes at the University of Georgia (9:59). James Meredith at the University of Mississippi (10:07). White supremacists (10:21). Car attacked (10:25). Confederate flag (10:29). Parade with a marching band (11:19). Birmingham, Alabama May 1963 water from fire hose sprays black protestors (12:00). Martin Luther King Jr. arrested (12:37). Black protestors arrested by white cops (12:52). Police intimidating black protestors with dogs (13:00). June 1, 1963 Medgar Evers secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi speaks to an audience (13:18). Audience claps (14:10). Funeral of Medgar Evers (14:17). John F. Kennedy talks over the T.V (14:47). Protest for civil rights (15:52). Martin Luther King Jr. gives the “I Have a Dream” speech and cheering audience (16:15). Black man arguing with elderly black woman (19:24). Police clash with black men (21:51). Black woman protests (22:28). Fallen woman (22:31). Black people on a ship (22:44). Civil rights organizations persuade black citizens to register (23:02). Black people voting (23:40). August 4, 1964 police officers in white coats at the scene of the killing of three civil rights workers Micheal Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney (23:54). Men carrying a casket (24:11). Black mourners (24:22). July 2, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights bill into law (24:26). Black and white young people at church holding hands (25:16). Martin Luther King Jr. accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (25:50). Malcolm X gives a speech (26:15). Civil rights leaders speak in front of audiences (26:23). Civil rights protest (26:57). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
