- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the philosophy of nonviolence and recent violent demonstrations in Virginia, 1963
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Date of Original:
- 1963-00-00
- Subject:
- Reporters and reporting--Virginia
Interviews--Virginia
Civil rights demonstrations--Virginia
Nonviolence--Virginia
Civil rights movements--Virginia
African American civil rights workers--Virginia
Civil rights workers--Virginia
Direct action--Virginia
Sit-ins--Virginia
Violence--Virginia
Passive resistance--Virginia
Virginia--Race relations--History--20th century - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Interviews
- Location:
- United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this WSB-TV newsfilm clip possibly from 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to a reporter about violent demonstrations in Virginia and the philosophy of nonviolence. The clip's audio is low; some comments may be hard to hear.
Speaking to an unidentified off-screen reporter, Dr. King supports nonviolence in the civil rights movement and specifically in relation to sit-ins. He suggests that although people may want to return violence for violence, such actions hurt the civil rights movement. He affirms the effectiveness of "nonviolent direct action on the part of students" as "a most effective instrument in breaking down segregation in public eating places." Asked about accepting credit for fostering nonviolence in the United States, King claims he is only following a great tradition established by others. The clip breaks before the end of King's statement. Many communities in Virginia experienced demonstrations as part of local civil rights movements. During the summer of 1963, demonstrations in Danville, Virginia were prominent because local officials arrested demonstrators under court injunctions barring anti-segregation demonstrations and on charges of inciting riots. In November 1963 Dr. King visited Danville to assess the city's racial situation.
Title supplied by cataloger.
IMLS Grant, 2008.
Digibeta Center Cut (4 x 3) downconvert from HDD5 1080/23.98PsF film transfer. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn41954
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn41954
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn41954
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn41954/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn41954, WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the philosophy of nonviolence and recent violent demonstrations in Virginia, 1963, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0910, 6:29/08:06, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins., 37 secs.): 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:
-
