The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

MLK in Memphis: A view from the mountaintop

Repository: WHBQ-TV FOX13 Memphis Archive

Collection Description (CRHP): This web site includes video footage from media outlets and the National Civil Rights Museum and is focused on Martin Luther King Jr.'s time in Memphis, the post-civil rights era, and the Obama era. Not all the footage is online; the archive has uncut interview footage in its possession.

Collection URL: http://media.myfoxmemphis.com/mlk/

Digital Status: Yes

Extent: digital video recordings; images; a timeline; educational resources

Language: English

Interviewees: Martin Luther King, Jr., Ernest Withers, Jesse Jackson, Bernie Mintz, Benjamin Hooks, W. W. Herenton, Billy Kyles, Johnnie Turner, Maxine Smith, Darryl Tukufu

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

Civil rights movements--Alabama
Civil rights workers--Tennessee
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination
Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968

Genres:

Interviews
Photographs
Speeches
Videorecordings