A Time for Freedom
1957 · 29 min · Documentary
This documentary features footage from the "Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom," a civil rights demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial on May 17, 1957. It also includes interviews with attendees, and scenes from the Montgomery bus boycott, Harlem, New York, and segregated areas in the South.
Directed by Carl Lerner · Written by Gerda Lerner
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