'Reel' moments in black history

February 15, 1996
Web posted at: 4:30 p.m. EST

Here are some of the sights and sounds that have marked the black experience in the United States.

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• 1947: Baseball great Jackie Robinson in action (569K)

• 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. at the march on Washington, D.C. (727K)

• 1963: Scenes from the Washington march (525K)

• 1967: Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall after his swearing-in (150K)

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