'SHOW US WE ARE FREE'

This is a clip from a 1968 documentary with three Black Vietnam War veterans. One is Akmed Lorence who passionately shows his feelings of injustice in American society. Blacks, he says, have been told they are free - but in reality they’re not.

The film was shot 55 years ago, but has much improved since then? Africans in America are jailed at more than five times the rate of Whites. Meanwhile US poverty rates among Blacks are more than twice those of non-Hispanic Whites.

At one point Akmed declares: ‘We’re not asking for a billion dollars, what we’re asking for is humanity. And you tell us, this is too much to ask. How can you tell me it’s too much to ask to be a human being?’

The documentary is called 'No Vietnamese Ever Called Me N****r'. It captured the intensity of race relations back then. Unfortunately, it’s still feels relevant today. Watch it and give us your thoughts.