harry belafonte, ruby dee, charlton heston, james earl jones, paul newman, anthony quinn, clarence williamsd, and others. we urge you to call. as you have seen in the documentary, as you saw a ruby dee come a james earl jones, reading, we urge you to call in right now and let us know that you you are there. reading langston hughes. but the film is largely the documentary footage of a movement. it starts in montgomery. it starts right after rosa parks sits down on the bus december 1, 19 55, refuses to get up for a white passenger. she goes to court december 5. the montgomery improvement association had its meeting in a local church and they elect as their leader a young twentysomething old minister who just came into town, dr. martin luther king, junior. you see the speech he gives there as they decide whether to support a bus boycott, until the bus system of montgomery becomes integrated. you see him, and you see the bus boycott. you see people walking every day. they will not take the buses. the carpooling that happens. december 20, 1956, dr. king announcing the end of the bus boycott. the