Cicero March
Identifier
F.2005-03-0041
Date Of Production
1966
Abstract
This short documentary depicts a September 4, 1966 civil rights march through Cicero, Illinois organized by activist Robert Lucas, head of the Chicago chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), to protest housing segregation. White residents of Cicero responded with vitriolic jeers as the police struggled to prevent a riot.
Description
According to contemporary news reports, the march began in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood with a rally in Franklin Park at W 15th St and S Kolin Ave. Marchers then proceeded south to 16th St, entering the town of Cicero at the railroad viaduct, turning south onto Cicero Ave, and west onto W 25th St, stopping at the corner of W 25th and S Laramie Ave for a prayer in memory of Jerome Huey, a Black teenager who had been beaten to death at that intersection that spring.
Cicero March is part of a seven part module or educational film series ("The Urban Crisis and the New Militants") produced by The Film Group that, "teach by raising questions rather than by attempting to answer them." The modules tell their story through editing rather than voice-over narration and show "real events, with real people acting spontaneously," as the Group explained to an educational film distributor.
In 2013, Cicero March was added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
Cicero March is part of a seven part module or educational film series ("The Urban Crisis and the New Militants") produced by The Film Group that, "teach by raising questions rather than by attempting to answer them." The modules tell their story through editing rather than voice-over narration and show "real events, with real people acting spontaneously," as the Group explained to an educational film distributor.
In 2013, Cicero March was added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
Run Time
8 min 20 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
300 feet
Color
B&W
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Preservation answer print
Genre
Form
Subject
Related Collections
Related Places
Distributor
Main Credits
Film Group (is production company)
Additional Credits
Gray, Mike (is cinematographer)
Shea, Mike (is cinematographer)
Litvin, Jay (is editor)
Participants And Performers
Shea, Mike (is participant)
Gray, Mike (is participant)
Lucas, Robert (is participant)
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