Through Children's Eyes: Remembering Martin L. King

DateJanuary 12 1984

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Abstract[Viewer alert: offensive language and visuals] Public Affairs: Through Children's Eyes, Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.; Julian Bond, Loretta Long (as Susan of Sesame Street), and Oscar the Grouch (Sesame Street Muppet played by Carroll Spinney) talk about the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.; the establishment of the national holiday to remember him is described; Jim Crow laws and rights to public facilities are noted; the biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., is provided in a video that includes clips from his speeches, interviews, and marches; black screen breaks; a live studio audience of children talk about what they believe King wanted for other people; an April 1963 children's march is described and discussed; the church bombing that followed is also noted; the courage to walk away from a fight is discussed; "I have a dream" is heard again while 6th graders talk about what they think is important about that dream;

OtherIn the studio Karen Holmes, Bob Comiskey, Loretta Long, Carroll Spinney, Faith Sutter, Franklin Park Zoo, Keith Jardine, Wayne Smith, Roger Rice, Dick Erickson, Jim Watson, Richie O'Neill, Joe Mozdiez, Scott Philbrick, Bruce Goldman, Frank Galozzi, Martin Luther King School, Peter Walent, Ed Paolino, Sumner Shain, George Ellard, Doug DeVitt, Susan Krieger, Geoff Sullivan, Chris O'Hare, Rich Dickinson, Michael Grana, Ted Talanian, Mike Field, Nancy Parker, Ed Andre, Karl Nurse, Donna Latson Gittens, Paul LaCamera;