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A Call to Action: The Freedom Budget of 1966

Short Films • 7m 30s

Directed by Jenny Alexander • Documentary • With Martin Luther King • 2023 • 7 minutes

“A Call to Action: The Freedom Budget of 1966” tells the story of a little-known grassroots push for guaranteed income during the civil rights movement. 

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