Troublemakers Pt. 3 of 4

Troublemakers Pt.. 3 of 4 Inner-title over freeze frame: 3) Issue organizing - traffic light. Woman in MCU tells of son being killed last year; wants a traffic light, breaks into tears. Kids talk about need for traffic light. Intersection sit-in seen from above, man blocking bus; line of men blocking traffic & cops arriving. Black policeman directing traffic; men causing cars to stop. Black man tells young white organizer “you can’t scare the police.” Black asks him if he knows anything about philosphy, “do you know Plato’s statement? “The seed of a rising nation is in the blood of a mortal.” He says he didn’t come out to block traffic as it wasn’t worth going to jail. He decides he’ll go to jail w/ others; they decide on Monday. He didn’t show up but others did. Fathers w/ children, people w/ signs seen from above & LS down street. 00:28:31 Precinct Captain explains Deputy Mayor says there will be stop signs put w/in 48 hours while they decide if light is needed. He says he doesn’t handle traffic. But no lights so a month later they demonstrate. 00:29:15 City officials show up & talk, say it is a state problem. Man takes responsibility for getting back in touch w/ community. Official asks for “..patience, give them time.” 00:31:01 Man reports to NCUP as to progress. Black people on curb talking; light has been approved. People on street leaving City Council meeting thinking it would happen as Mayor had said it was approved. City official at desk explaining why it takes time to get traffic light put in & that the state must do it, not the city. 00:33:13 Intersection & street scenes. GOOD 00:33:37 Woman & children outside NCUP office, posters for election campaign. 00:33:55 Inner-title over freeze frame of candidate: 4) Joining a political campaign. United Committee for Political Freedom, a coalition of Negroes, Whites & Puerto Ricans w/ civil rights orientation. NCUP being asked for support in campaign. Describes to camera their grass roots support. Arguing in NCUP whether or not to work w/ political system. 00:35:57 NCUP members talking on behalf of UCPF to Blacks in suits, as they’ve decided to support their campaign. NCUP members on street leafletting, political signs. CUs & LS at UCPF dance, drinking beer, dancing, talking. Small meeting w/ Candidate Richardson speaking. Street w/ car & loudspeakers on talk calling to vote for United Freedom ticket, moving thru residential neighborhood. Man sorting mailings; men leafletting, women in front of grocery & on street corner handing out information. CU speaker in car into microphone. Organizer: “This is a fight against police brutality; a fight against job discrimination; a fight against half-day school sessions. We’re trying to bring rent control back to the city of Newark.” Others talking about it on sidewalk. Arguing about nature of political parties. GOOD CUs. Ethnic; African-Americans; Poverty; 1960s; Alternative Culture; Radicalization; Newsreel Films; New Jersey; 1966; Student Involvement; Negroes; Blacks; Counter Culture; Slums; Ghetto; Politics;