Video interview with Peter Fusco, Martin Blake and their families, residents of the Falls Road in Belfast, by Kevin O’Kelly for RTE News in February 1969. In August 1968 the Northern Ireland civil rights movement began public marches in support of its objectives, leading to political tensions at Stormont and community tensions between Catholics and Protestants in cities such as Derry/Londonderry and Belfast. Fusco, Blake and their families discuss the civil rights issue and unionist political divisions.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 19 February 1969
Name of First Interviewee: Peter Fusco
Name of Second Interviewee: Martin Blake
Role at time of Interview: Residents of the Falls Road, Belfast
Interviewer: Kevin O’Kelly
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE News
Time Period covered: 1968-1969
Key Individuals: Peter Fusco, Martin Blake, Terence O’Neill, William Craig
Key Words: Civil rights, religion, youth, housing, community relations, partition