Bella Abzug on Sexual Equality
Women's rights advocate Rep. Bella Abzug recounts her conversation with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Emanuel Celler, a strong opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Bella Abzug on Sexual Equality
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Women's rights advocate Rep. Bella Abzug recounts her conversation with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Emanuel Celler, a strong opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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An eyewitness of the Kent State University shooting reports what he saw that day. It was May 2, 1970 when the National Guard was first called in to suppress the rioting of the Vietnam War and the U.S. invasion of Cambodia by the students on campus.
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On September 2, 1957, Governor Orval Faubus called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent a group of African-American students, who later became known as the Little Rock Nine, from entering the all-white Central High School. In a broadcast that evening, Faubus defends his decision to call in the state's National Guard.
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During an October 14, 1977, press conference in Des Moines, Iowa, while reporters are questioning Anita Bryant about her national crusade against homosexuals, gay rights activist Tom Higgins throws a pie in Bryant's face, prompting her to pray for Higgins' salvation.
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On Ask Steve, the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr. and his assassination was discussed. His connection with the White House was cut off my President Lyndon Johnson because of his lack of support for the Vietnam War. He then went to Memphis.
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The Civil Rights Movement: Harry Belafonte: March on Washington - In this clip Harry Belafonte shares his thoughts about the march on Washington and how Martin Luther King, Jr. was concerned that the success of the march would elude them.
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