- Directed by
- Kaplan, Richard, American, 1925 - 2018
- Subject of
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Written by
- Kaplan, Richard, American, 1925 - 2018
- Produced by
- Kaplan, Richard, American, 1925 - 2018
- Subject of
- King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006
- Young, Andrew Jackson, American, born 1932
- Narrated by
- Jones, James Earl, American, born 1931
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 28 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1000 Feet
- Caption
- This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
- Description
- A documentary short with the title Legacy of a Dream. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound.
- The film is an abridged version of the 180-minute Academy Award-nominated documentary King: A Filmed Record; Montgomery to Memphis. It comprises of mostly archival footage of Dr. King's non-violent protests and includes footage of his Montgomery bus boycott and the concomitant carpools that African Americans created, as well as the Ku Klux Klan's retaliation because of the boycott.
- There is also footage of Dr. King being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964; footage from the Vietnam War and Dr. King's opposition of it; footage of the 1963 March on Washington; footage of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march; as well as footage of the 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom. Toward the end of the film, Mrs. Coretta Scott King makes an appearance, discussing the importance of black enfranchisement, while in the subsequent scene, Rep. Andrew Jackson Young can be seen talking to high school students about segregation.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- District of Columbia, North and Central America
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Poor People's Campaign
- Selma to Montgomery Marches
- Anti-war movements
- Type
- documentaries
- sound films
- color films (visual works)
- short subjects
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Documentary films
- Film
- Men
- Police brutality
- Prayer
- Segregation
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.78.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




