- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African American students arrested after a kneel-in at city hall in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 27
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1962-07-27
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
Boycotts--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights movements--Georgia--Albany
Direct action--Georgia--Albany
Nonviolence--Georgia--Albany
Passive resistance--Georgia--Albany
Police--Georgia--Albany
Segregation--Georgia--Albany
African American students--Georgia--Albany
Race discrimination--Georgia--Albany
Police chiefs--Georgia--Albany
Albany (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th century - People:
- Pritchett, Laurie, 1926-2000
Jones, Charles, 1937-2019
Hansen, Bill, 1939-
Harris, Rutha Mae - 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 silent WSB newsfilm clip from July 27, 1962, police monitor a group of mostly African American students who have gathered in front of the city hall in Albany, Georgia for a "kneel-in"; afterwards the police lead demonstrators away.
The clip begins with small numbers of students, including Charles Jones, William Hansen, and Rutha Harris, congregating in front of Albany City Hall under the watchful eye of police. As the demonstrators kneel and pray, the police officers walk back and forth in front of students while onlookers observe from an alley beside the city hall building.
Large-scale demonstrations in Albany began after the arrival of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteers Charles Sherrod and Cordell Reagon in the summer of 1961. Atlanta-based SNCC sent the two to Albany to evaluate the possibility of a voter registration project. Sherrod and Reagon found local high school and college students interested in the Civil Rights movement and taught principles of nonviolence to many of them. In November, 1961 the Albany Movement, created from the civil rights efforts of several local clubs, began leading civil rights demonstrations and protests. Albany demonstrations followed other civil rights efforts in the South by confronting segregation with direct action tactics such as marches; boycotts of the bus system and downtown businesses; and tests of the public library, public parks, and other segregated facilities. As in this clip, the Albany protesters also staged "kneel-ins," public prayers for the city and its leaders often held near City Hall. Civil rights activists frequently submitted to arrest rather than leave when confronted by police in order to demonstrate resistance against laws they considered unjust and to increase pressure on city officials. Albany police chief Laurie Pritchett, aware of the sympathetic national attention demonstrators gained by scenes of police violence during civil rights protests, instructed Albany officers to respond nonviolently to passive resistance.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Optical sound.
IMLS Grant, 2008.
Digibeta Center Cut (4 x 3) downconvert from HDD5 1080/23.98PsF film transfer.
Condition notes: 2009-03-01, Leader Replaced (Yancey) - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn44812
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn44812
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn44812
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn44812/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn44812, WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African American students arrested after a kneel-in at city hall in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 27, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1046, 43:04/44:28, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins., 24 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:
-
