- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Georgia governor Ernest Vandiver speaking to reporters about the civil rights movement in Albany, Georgia from a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia, 1962 July 30
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005
- Date of Original:
- 1962-07-30
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany
Nonviolence--Georgia--Albany
Passive resistance--Georgia--Albany
Press conferences--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights movements--Georgia--Albany
Segregation--Georgia--Albany
Subversive activities--Georgia--Albany
Police, State--Georgia
Political crimes and offenses--Georgia
Intervention (Federal government)--Georgia
Governors--Georgia
Governors--New York (State)
Meet the press (Television program)
Albany (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Albany (Ga.)--Politics and government--History--20th century
Georgia--Politics and government--History--20th century - People:
- Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Griffin, Marvin, 1907-1982
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
Anderson, William G., 1927- - 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 WSB newsfilm clip, Georgia governor Ernest Vandiver answers reporters' questions about the Albany Civil Rights movement at a press conference held on Monday, July 30, 1962. As governor from 1959 through 1963, Vandiver opposed public school integration with the campaign motto "no not one." In response to questions in the press conference, Governor Vandiver asserts that former governor Marvin Griffin demonstrated his financial ignorance by imposing an $80 million tax increase for state operations. Vandiver then condemns civil rights demonstrators as "instigators" and criticizes the nonviolent movement for disregarding the law. To illustrate his position, he states that comments made the day before on "Meet the Press" by Dr. William G. Anderson, president of the Albany Movement, show the movement is looking to incite unrest and violence. Vandiver affirms that local authorities and the seventy-to-seventy-five state troopers in Albany are keeping the peace. If there is violence, he will send in the Georgia National Guard to remove the agitators from the area. His comment in response to a question about New York governor Nelson Rockefeller's request for federal intervention in Albany is not recorded; Vandiver does confirm that there have been no inquiries from Washington regarding the situation. When asked, Vandiver implies that no federal or state intervention will be needed because the Albany Movement is losing its influence; only three people participated in Sunday's demonstrations. After intermittent protests since November, 1961, the Albany Movement announced on August 16 that they would no longer organize demonstrations and would instead focus on voter registration efforts. Vandiver concludes that people in Georgia and the nation are growing "sick and tired" of Dr. Martin Luther King, whom he considers to be a self-aggrandizer, troublemaker, and opportunist who is exploiting the situation in Albany for his own personal gain and political capital. Political leaders, both within Georgia as well as around the nation, viewed civil rights activists, especially King, as "outside agitators" who provoked violence and encouraged disorder and "subversive activities." On the other hand, movement activists defined their activities as "passive resistance" and worked in communities with strong local support.
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: wsbn42712
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn42712
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn42712
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn42712/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn42712, WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Georgia governor Ernest Vandiver speaking to reporters about the civil rights movement in Albany, Georgia from a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia, 1962 July 30, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0946, 51:01/59:48, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 8 mins., 47 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:
-
