Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on "Afro Americans"
About This Item
KRON-TV news footage from February 27th 1967 in San Francisco, featuring scenes from a sermon by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Macedonia Baptist Church in San Francisco on modern society, and the place of the "Afro American" in America. The Rev. Dr. King emphasizes: "That America is his home and he doesn't have to be ashamed of that fact ... America is his home, for more than two centuries!" Note that we have more extensive coverage of this speech in the KPIX Collection. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
Note: this 16mm film print was re-transferred in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in March 2024. Thanks to historian Paul Lee for his assistance with this clip.
- Date
- 2/27/1967
- Format
- 16mm color reversal print, with co-magnetic soundtrack
- Digital Format
- mp4 video file
- Genre
- local TV newsfilm
- Copyright Holder
- Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved.
- Duration
- 1:13
- Identifier
- KRON 202-11
- Views
- 733
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