- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commenting on the United States' Congress failure to pass equal housing legislation, Atlanta, Georgia, 1966
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Date of Original:
- 1966-00-00
- Subject:
- Discrimination in housing--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
Legislators--Northeastern States--Attitudes
United States--Race relations--History--20th century - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Dirksen, Everett McKinley - Location:
- 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 from Atlanta, Georgia in the fall of 1966 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. comments on the United States' Congress failure to pass legislation guaranteeing equal access to housing. King declares that "America has not come to terms on its conscious on the whole question of housing integration." He points to the defeat of the civil rights legislation before the 1966 Congress as an illustration of the North's hypocrisy towards race relations. King criticizes northern legislators such as Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen for supporting congressional legislation aimed at southern problems but avoiding legislation that would influence race relations in the north.Although fair housing legislation was considered and failed to pass in 1966 or in 1967, after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. President Lyndon B. Johnson urged Congress to pass fair housing legislation as at tribute to Dr. King; the Fair Housing Act of 1968 was signed on April 11, 1968, two days after King's funeral.
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: wsbn50270
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn50270
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn50270
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn50270/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn50270, WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commenting on the United States' Congress failure to pass equal housing legislation, Atlanta, Georgia, 1966, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1353, 00:00/00:43, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 43 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:
-
