Civil Rights Films

Freedom March

1963, 10 min., black/white, DVD

Freedom March focuses on the San Francisco protest march of May 26, 1963, sponsored by Bay Area Black churches and the labor movement. It was initiated in the shocked aftermath of the Birmingham, Alabama bombing of a Black church which killed five children.

The film shows the march and the rally with the Rev. Bernard Lee of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and others. Speakers called for freedom in Birmingham and equality in San Francisco.

Topics: civil rights, SCLC, 1960s.

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Richards’ still photography in the South began during his 1959 trip through the region (see "Mississippi 1959"). He also shot still photos during his two film projects in 1963 and 1964 (see "Civil Rights Activists") and on many other occasions in the San Francsico Bay Area during local civil rights protests of that era.



© Paul Richards
"San Francisco Marches for Birmingham, Alabama, 1963" from Freedom March

Click for slideshow of
Mississippi 1959
 Amzie Moore
Click for slideshow of
Voter Registration Activists 1963
© Paul Richards


Cover of Critical Focus
Critical Focus:
The Black and White
Photographs of
Harvey Wilson Richards

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