- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African American students attempting to integrate the Albany Carnegie Library in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 18
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1962-07-18
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Georgia--Albany--History--20th century
Segregation--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany
African American students--Georgia--Albany
Police--Georgia--Albany
Direct action--Georgia--Albany
Passive resistance--Georgia--Albany
Discrimination in public accommodations--Georgia--Albany
Albany (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Albany (Ga.)--Politics and government--History--20th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this WSB newsfilm clip, African American students attempt to use the all-white Albany Carnegie Library on Wednesday, July 18, 1962 and are observed by the police; they avoided arrest by leaving the library. Two female students enter the library, use library books, and leave with a group of several women and one man. Students had been active in protesting segregation with the Albany Movement since the arrival of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) members Charles Sherrod and Cordell Reagon in August, 1961. SNCC leader Charles Jones worked with Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) director Wyatt Walker to arrange for students to test segregation policies at several facilities, including lunch counters, public parks, and the bus station grill. Such tests, which had been led intermittently since November, had begun again with greater strength after Albany city officials refused to meet with leaders of the Albany Movement.
Title supplied by cataloger.
IMLS Grant, 2008.
Digibeta Center Cut (4 x 3) downconvert from HDD5 1080/23.98PsF film transfer. Transfer comp reel tape 1. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn36172
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn36172
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn36172
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn36172/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn36172, WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African American students attempting to integrate the Albany Carnegie Library in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 18, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0798, 24:48/25:45, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 57 secs.): black-and-white, silent ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
