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CBS News Special Report Reel 3 · Part 3
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This film features CBS News anchor Joseph Benti reporting on the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Included are eyewitness accounts of the assassination; statements of sympathy from political leaders, including President Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Sen. Edmund Muskie, Sen. Russell Long, Sen. Fred Harris, and Sen. Robert Kennedy; recollections on Dr. King's philosophy of non-violence, his upbringing, and his work in the Civil Rights movement (reported by Charles Kuralt); Carnegie Hall show producer Robert Mosley announcing King's death to an audience, and reaction from Duke Ellington; reflections on Dr. King's legacy by Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins, and George Foster in a panel moderated by Dan Rather; an interview with Ralph McGill, publisher of the The Atlanta Constitution, by Paul Shields, WAGA-TV news director; and clips from some of Dr. King's speeches.
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Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities
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