Senator Eugene McCarthy speech on poverty

KPIX-TV news footage from May 28 1968 featuring scenes from a speech by Senator Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005) in Sacramento, CA, whilst campaigning for the Democratic Primary nomination. After citing a statement made by President Johnson which referred to American prosperity, McCarthy points out that: "When the President ... talked about "we", he was not talking about the people who live in the ghettoes of our major cities. For they are locked away from the affluence of American life, treated as Colonial peoples in the midst of a society which has not honored their right and their claim to equality of participation in all of the good things of American life." He goes on to talk about the "bondage" of poverty. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.