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Air 4mh dhen Ghiblean, 1968, chaidh gunna a losgadh a mharbh Dr Martin Luther King, ann am Memphis, Tennessee. Ri linn a mhuirt, ghabh sreath de dh'iorghailean sgriosail 脿ite, a th猫ab Gluasad Ch貌irichean Sh矛obhalta a thoirt gu cr矛och.

Chaidh an tachartas gu l猫ir fhaighinn air film, agus air teip. Tha an aithriseachd seo a' toirt ri ch猫ile na meadhanan gu l猫ir bhon Mh脿rt agus tr脿th sa Ghiblean naoi-ceud-deug seasgad 's a h-ochd, gus dealbh soilleir a pheantadh air c貌 ris a bha c霉isean coltach dhan fheadhainn a dh'fhiosraich iad.

Th貌isich an slighe gu Memphis agus gu murt King tr矛 m矛osan ron sin, nuair a chaidh luchd-obrach sl脿intileachd sa bhaile air stailc. B' e Aimearaganaich Afraganach a bh' anns a' mh貌r chuid dhiubh, agus cha robh muinntir a' bhaile a' toirt cus 脿ite dhaibh. Cha robh iad a' faighinn ach tuarastal nam bochd, agus aig 脿m Ch貌irichean Sh矛obhalta, bha iad ag iarraidh barrachd.

Chruinnich Oilthigh Mhemphis st貌rlann de mheadhanan. Ri linn na rinn iad, tha c貌rr is 30 uair a th矛de de thelebhisean, agus c貌rr is 50 uair a th矛de de chraoladh r猫idio againn. Cha deach m貌ran dhen seo fhaicinn no a chluinntinn o chaidh a chruinneachadh air ais ann 1968.

On 4 April 1968, Dr Martin Luther King was gunned down in Memphis, Tennessee. His death sparked a series of riots and nearly dealt a lethal blow to the burgeoning civil rights movement.

This documentary film brings together all the media resources from March and early April 1968 to paint a vivid portrait of what it was like to experience those days first-hand.

The road to Memphis and the assassination of King actually began three months earlier, when sanitation workers in the city went on strike. They were almost all African-American, and were taken for granted by the city and its residents and paid poverty wages. In the age of civil rights, they demanded more.

A unique media archive was collated by the University of Memphis. What exists is more than 30 hours of television broadcasts along with more than 50 hours of radio broadcasts. Much of this collection has not been seen since it was first gathered in 1968.