ugafof_americus_church church americus ugafof yes Integrating First Methodist Church Freedom on Film African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Americus Race discrimination--Georgia--Americus Race relations Religion and politics--Georgia--Americus Worship programs Segregationists--Georgia--Americus Social change--Georgia--Americus Civil rights workers--Georgia--Americus African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Americus Civil rights movements--Georgia--Americus Christians--Political activity--Georgia--Americus Sumter County Movement (Americus, Ga.) On Sunday, August 1, 1965, an interracial group of six persons attempt to worship at First Methodist Church in Americus, Georgia. They are testing the influence of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination based on race, gender, and national origin, and outlawed discrimination in places of employment. Willie Bolden, a member of the SCLC, is the gentleman leading the group. In the WSB clip, as the integrators approach the church, twelve white church members cluster on the stairs in an attempt to prevent them from entering. Freedom on Film is a component of the Civil Rights Digital Library, which received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. [Athens, Ga.] : Freedom on Film Civil Rights Digital Library Collection (Digital Library of Georgia) Freedom on Film Collection 2007 Instructional materials Articles Lesson plans Teaching guides http://www.civilrights.uga.edu/bibliographies/americus/church.htm Forms part of the Civil Rights Digital Library. Forms part of the Freedom on Film Learning Object Website. 1965 Americus (Ga.) Sumter County (Ga.) Cite as: Freedom on Film : Civil Rights in Georgia, http://civilrights.uga.edu/ For permission to use story passages or images from the Web site, contact Dr. Barbara McCaskill at bmccaski@uga.edu. 20090526 204856