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A month or so later after my meeting with Kennedy
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Mighty Ira

A month or so laterafter my meeting with Kennedy, I accept this newly createdposition of...

A month or so later
after my meeting with Kennedy, I accept this newly created
position of Associate Director of the New York
Civil Liberties Union

Full Transcript

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A month or so later after my meeting with Kennedy,
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I accept this newly created position of Associate Director
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of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:06
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Ira is one of America's unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As his generation retires from the barricades, Ira reminisces on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans.
Good morning. We are broadcasting this morning - Mighty Ira 00:09
Good morning. We are broadcasting this morning
I am announcing today my candidacy for the presidency of the United States. - Mighty Ira 00:07
I am announcing today my candidacy for the presidency of the...
And suddenly out of the blue, Martin Luther King is assassinated. - Mighty Ira 00:06
And suddenly out of the blue, Martin Luther King is assassin...
I have some very sad news for all of you - Mighty Ira 00:19
I have some very sad news for all of you
[Bryan Stevenson] I remember growing up in this poor rural segregated community. - Mighty Ira 00:05
[Bryan Stevenson] I remember growing up in this poor rural s...
I remember sitting there and just sensing all of this anxiety - Mighty Ira 00:08
I remember sitting there and just sensing all of this anxiet...
Everybody in the civil rights community remembers King's death. - Mighty Ira 00:05
Everybody in the civil rights community remembers King'...
It was an assassination that rocked this country with civil disorders and violence. - Mighty Ira 00:05
It was an assassination that rocked this country with civil ...
There were lots of angry riots in black communities and burning of stores. - Mighty Ira 00:07
There were lots of angry riots in black communities and burn...
[soft music playing] - Mighty Ira 00:08
[soft music playing]
That declaration resulted in the virtually unthinkable act - Mighty Ira 00:08
That declaration resulted in the virtually unthinkable act
[alarm ringing] - Mighty Ira 00:05
[alarm ringing]
[dramatic music playing] - Mighty Ira 00:05
[dramatic music playing]
So it was in the spring of 1968, barely a year - Mighty Ira 00:18
So it was in the spring of 1968, barely a year
My thanks to all of you, and now it's on to Chicago and let's win there. - Mighty Ira 00:05
My thanks to all of you, and now it's on to Chicago and...
[crowd cheering] - Mighty Ira 00:09
[crowd cheering]
[people gasp] - Mighty Ira 00:05
[people gasp]
I still regarded the New York Civil Liberties Union as a temporary step, - Mighty Ira 00:08
I still regarded the New York Civil Liberties Union as a tem...
I was having fun and fulfillment where I was, so I stayed. - Mighty Ira 00:06
I was having fun and fulfillment where I was, so I stayed.
[soft music playing] - Mighty Ira 00:04
[soft music playing]