- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of press conference where NAACP Atlanta Branch executive secretary Robert B. Flanagan calls for the resignation of members of the Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 December 21
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Flanagan, Robert B., 1929-
- Date of Original:
- 1967-12-21
- Subject:
- African Americans--Housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Public housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Race discrimination--Georgia--Atlanta
Discrimination in housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Social conditions
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations - People:
- Flanagan, Robert B., 1929-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips, NAACP Atlanta Branch executive secretary Robert B. Flanagan calls for the resignation of members of the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA) based on their request for HUD (U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development) to let them continue to use the "freedom of choice rule." He says that his rule "has perpetuated segregation in public housing." Most of the clips focus on Mr. Flanagan, seated at a desk with microphones, however there a a few clips that include a shot of Mr. Flanagan from the side, and a shot that shows a cameraman and two other men near a wall.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Supporting information was taken from the following source: Coffin, Alex. "NAACP Demands Housing Chiefs Quit." The Atlanta Constitution, 22 Dec 1967: 3. Web. 3 June 2020 - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn52637
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn52637
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn52637
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn52637/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn52637, Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of press conference where NAACP Atlanta Branch executive secretary Robert B. Flanagan calls for the resignation of members of the Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 December 21, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1427, 29:05/30:30, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins., 25 secs.): color, 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:
-
