ugafof_americus_press_conf press_conf americus ugafof yes Press conference : SCLC and SNCC Freedom on Film Southern Christian Leadership Conference Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Americus Voter registration--Georgia--Americus Race relations African American women--Georgia--Americus African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Americus Civil rights workers--Georgia--Americus Civil rights movements--Georgia--Americus Women civil rights workers--Georgia--Americus Picketing--Georgia--Americus Mass meetings--Georgia--Americus Arrest--Georgia--Americus Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Americus Nonviolence--Georgia--Americus Press conferences--Georgia--Americus Sumter County Movement (Americus, Ga.) Bell, Mary Kate Turner, Lena Campbell, Mamie Wise, Gloria Williams, Hosea, 1926- Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21- King, C. B. (Chevene Bowers), 1923-1988 On July 20, 1965, Mary Kate Bell, Lena Turner, Mamie Campbell, and Gloria Wise challenged voter registration laws in Americus. They stood in the white women's voting line during a special election for justice of the peace. In this WSB clip, Hosea Williams and John Lewis hold a press conference a few days later in Atlanta on July 26, 1965, to address the escalating racial tension in southwest Georgia. 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/press_conf.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