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- Collection:
- WALB Newsfilm
- Title:
- WALB newsfilm clip of police chief Laurie Pritchett, Albany Movement vice-president Slater King, and Albany Movement president William G. Anderson answering reporter's questions on West Broad Avenue, Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 24
- Creator:
- WALB-TV (Television station : Albany, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Anderson, William G., 1927-
King, Slater, 1927-1969
Pritchett, Laurie, 1926-2000 - Date of Original:
- 1962-07-24
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
African American lawyers--Georgia--Albany
African American physicians--Georgia--Albany
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights movements--Georgia--Albany
Albany (Ga.)--Politics and government--History--20th century
Albany (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
Courthouses--Georgia--Atlanta
Injunctions--Georgia--Albany
Interviews--Georgia--Atlanta
Lawyers--Georgia--Albany
Physicians--Georgia--Albany
Police--Georgia--Albany
Reporters and reporting--Georgia--Atlanta
Restraining orders--Georgia--Albany
Segregation--Georgia--Albany
Judges--United States
United States magistrates
Forensic orations--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Anderson, William G., 1927-
King, Slater, 1927-1969
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-2005
Pritchett, Laurie, 1926-2000
Tuttle, Elbert P. (Elbert Parr), 1897-1996
Elliott, J. Robert, 1910-
Kunstler, William M. (William Moses), 1919-1995
King, C. B. (Chevene Bowers), 1923-1988
Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this WALB newsfilm clip from July 24, 1962, reporters on West Broad Avenue, Albany, Georgia, question individuals about the day's hearing regarding the restraining order against the Albany Movement obtained by Albany city officials. Interviewees include Albany police chief Laurie Pritchett, Albany Movement vice-president Slater King, and Albany Movement president Dr. William G. Anderson. The clip begins with three or four reporters speaking to Chief Pritchett, wearing a suit; few of Pritchett's comments are recorded. Next, a reporter asks Slater King to comment about the day's proceedings. King replies that he considers it excessive for the city to have taken two hours to explain why the courts do not usually uphold injunctions issued against cities. King praises Constance B. Motley, New York attorney with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for her work on behalf of the Albany Movement. According to King, Motley quickly refuted the city's argument and demonstrated that the motions the city cited had been overturned by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and, in one case, by the Supreme Court. King reports that chief federal appellate court judge Elbert P. Tuttle plans to announce his decision on the case the next morning. Finally, Anderson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. exit the building and speak to reporters. Anderson compliments Motley for using the cases cited by the city to refute the motion; Dr. King's comments are not recorded. On July 21, 1962, Albany city officials obtained a restraining order from federal judge J. Robert Elliott prohibiting Dr. Martin Luther King and leaders of the Albany Movement from leading pickets, marches, and other demonstrations in Albany. Lawyers from the Albany Movement appealed to Judge Tuttle, chief federal appellate court judge, who agreed on July 23 to hear a motion to reverse the temporary injunction. Judge Tuttle reversed the restraining order on July 24. C. B. King and Donald L. Hollowell, Albany Movement attorneys, were assisted by Constance B. Motley and New York civil rights attorney William Kunstler.
Title supplied by cataloger. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: walb00062
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_walb_walb00062
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_walb_walb00062
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_walb_walb00062/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: walb00062, WALB newsfilm clip of police chief Laurie Pritchett, Albany Movement vice-president Slater King, and Albany Movement president William G. Anderson answering reporter's questions on West Broad Avenue, Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 24, WALB-TV newsfilm collection, Albany Movement compilation, 00:00/01:39, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins., 39 secs.): black-and-white, sound ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WALB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights: