Terry Francois on the death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Updated over a year ago)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from April 4th 1968 in San Francisco by Belva Davis featuring an interview with San Francisco's first African American Supervisor Terry A. Francois (1922-89), who reflects on the killing of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis (TN). He states that: "I think the true lesson we should learn is the futility of violence ... Dr. King would not want his death to be reflected by any further violence."
Tags: belva davis, kpix 35097, non violence, rev. dr. martin luther king, terry a. francois
Added to San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive on October 23, 2011.
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- Originally aired on: KPIX-TV
- Date aired: 4/4/1968
- Recording medium: 16mm b&w, co-magnetic sound film
- Rights for this video belong to: CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Duration: 1:55
- Type of material: archival newsfilm
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- KPIX 35097.mp4 (17.60 MB – MPEG4 video)
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- adding film reference number
- Update by Alex Cherian over a year ago
- Imported from external collection.
- Update by Alex Cherian over a year ago