Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on "Afro Americans"

KRON-TV news footage from February 27th 1967 in San Francisco, featuring scenes from a sermon by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Macedonia Baptist Church in San Francisco on modern society, and the place of the "Afro American" in America. The Rev. Dr. King emphasizes: "That America is his home and he doesn't have to be ashamed of that fact ... America is his home, for more than two centuries!" Note that we have more extensive coverage of this speech in the KPIX Collection. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

Note: this 16mm film print was scanned in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in March 2024.