- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of African Americans picketing against racial discrimination in Americus, Georgia, 1965 August 2
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1965-08-02
- Subject:
- African American children--Georgia--Americus
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Americus
African Americans--Songs and music
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Americus
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Americus
Clergy--Georgia--Americus
Picketing--Georgia--Americus
Police--Georgia--Americus
Segregation--Georgia--Americus
Stores, Retail--Georgia--Americus
Wade in the water (Song)
Singing--Georgia--Americus
Grocery trade--Georgia--Americus
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Americus
Boycotts--Georgia--Americus
Race discrimination--Georgia--Americus
Buses--Georgia--Americus
Americus (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips from August 2, 1965, African Americans protest racial discrimination by picketing local stores in Americus, Georgia. African American boys appear to be waiting for a bus which pulls up to the roadside; a racially mixed group exits the chartered bus. Picketers in front of a Kwik-Chek in Americus carry signs with slogans that include, "Do not buy segregation," and "Will you help us stop this war? Don't buy anything downtown." Police watch the picketers as they walk, standing between the store and the demonstrators. The group is led by a man in a clerical collar, and includes two young children who march with the protesters and carry their own signs. An interracial group of picketers also protest in front of a Piggly Wiggly grocery store. A group of African Americans stand in a circle and sing, "Wade in the Water" in front of the Sumter County Courthouse.On August 2, 1965, twenty-three demonstrators were arrested for picketing stores in Americus and charged with trespassing for declining to remain in "picket-approved" areas. The Americus Times-Recorder reports that demonstrators were arrested in front of the Kwik-Chek store at 10 am and at 1 pm, with another group expected to arrive later that same afternoon. Civil rights demonstrations occurred sporadically in Sumter County between 1963 and 1965. After the July 20, 1965 arrest of four African American women for standing in a "white" line during an election, the Sumter County Movement, assisted by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), increased the frequency of protests.
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: wsbn48454
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn48454
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn48454
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn48454/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn48454, Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of African Americans picketing against racial discrimination in Americus, Georgia, 1965 August 2, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1305, 51:10/52:46, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins., 36 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:
-
