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Mighty Ira

This is the guy who workedfor Joe McCarthywho had wiretapped people

This is the guy who worked
for Joe McCarthy
who had wiretapped people

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This is the guy who worked for Joe McCarthy who had wiretapped people.
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Timestamp in Movie
00:11:34
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
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documentary
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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.
And I said, "Why do you say that?" - Mighty Ira 00:11
And I said, "Why do you say that?"
It's founded on a set of, sort of, root principles - Mighty Ira 00:09
It's founded on a set of, sort of, root principles
Uh, values of liberty and all the range of values codified in the Bill of Rights." - Mighty Ira 00:07
Uh, values of liberty and all the range of values codified i...
A month or so later after my meeting with Kennedy, - Mighty Ira 00:09
A month or so later after my meeting with Kennedy,
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]