- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. outlining several goals for the upcoming Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, Atlanta, Georgia, 1957 April or May
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Date of Original:
- 1957
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
Civil rights workers--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Reporters and reporting--Georgia--Atlanta
Interviews--Georgia--Atlanta
Nonviolence--United States
Public worship--Washington (D.C.)
Intimidation--Southern States
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Interviews - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Location:
- 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 WSB newsfilm clip from April or May 1957 probably from Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), outlines several goals for the May 17, 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sits on a couch and speaks to an unidentified reporter in an office or a living room. King's reply to the reporter's question on the purpose of the pilgrimage is interrupted with several audio breaks. King first indicates that the pilgrimage, which will be held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., will demonstrate the unity of African Americans seeking civil rights and will protest "the violence and terror" that accompanies the struggle, especially in the South. He also reports that the pilgrimage will bring attention to the civil rights bill in Congress. King claims its passage is being blocked by a small minority.Soon after its 1957 creation, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an organization of African American ministers promoting civil rights, announced plans for a prayer pilgrimage to Washington. Pilgrimage sponsors included the SCLC and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as well as other civil rights leaders. An estimated twenty-five thousand people from thirty states attended the pilgrimage, held on the third anniversary of the United States Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education decision outlawing segregation in public education.
Slug title: Rev. King
Slug title: Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Title supplied by cataloger.
IMLS Grant, 2008.
Digibeta Center Cut (4 x 3) downconvert from HDD5 1080/23.98PsF film transfer.
Cue sheet includes: "F.M. #9232."
First slug title taken from paper file cue sheet; cataloger created other slug title. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn34922
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn34922
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn34922
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn34922/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn34922, WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. outlining several goals for the upcoming Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, Atlanta, Georgia, 1957 April or May, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0774, 10:36/11:36, J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins.): black-and-white, sound ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
