46951

Please see full film @ http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/wsbn/id:46951 In this WSB newsfilm clip from July 27, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks about recent race riots in New York City and Rochester, New York and comments on the relationship between civil rights leaders and the riots and possible causes of the riots. Dr. King, sitting at a desk with microphones in front of him, acknowledges that some critics have implied that African American civil rights leaders bear some responsibility for the recent rioting, either by directly causing it or by failing to prevent it. King responds to the implications by highlighting his commitment to nonviolence. He stresses that violence "creates many more social problems than it solves" and calls it "both impractical and immoral." King urges that African Americans in New York City and Rochester end violence and embrace nonviolence.