- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African American leader Joseph E.Boone speaking for victims of police assault in Columbus, Georgia, 1971 June 24
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1971-06-24
- Subject:
- Police--Georgia--Columbus
African Americans--Violence against--Georgia--Columbus
Police brutality--Georgia--Columbus
Race relations
Assault and battery--Georgia--Columbus
Race riots--Georgia--Columbus
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Columbus
African Americans--Crimes against--Georgia--Columbus
Offenses against the person--Georgia--Columbus
Police--Complaints against--Georgia--Columbus
First aid in illness and injury--Georgia--Columbus
Bandages and bandaging
Civic leaders--Georgia--Columbus
African American civic leaders--Georgia--Columbus
Community activists--Georgia--Columbus
Political activists--Georgia
African American political activists--Georgia
African American clergy--Georgia
Clergy--Georgia
Communities--Georgia--Columbus
Community leadership--Georgia--Columbus
Community power--Georgia--Columbus
Social conflict--Georgia--Columbus
Interpersonal confrontation--Georgia--Columbus
African Americans--Communication
Civil rights workers
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Columbus
African American civil rights workers
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Columbus
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Columbus
Civil rights--Georgia--Columbus
Civil rights movements--Georgia--Columbus
African Americans--Georgia--Columbus--Social conditions--20th century
Riots--Georgia--Columbus
Riots--Georgia--Columbus--History--20th century
Race riots--United States--History--20th century
Publicity--Georgia--Columbus
Press conferences--Georgia--Columbus
Reporters and reporting--Georgia--Columbus
Press--Georgia--Columbus
Microphone
United States--Race relations
Georgia--Race relations
Georgia--Social conditions--20th century - People:
- Boone, Joseph E., 1922-2006
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this WSB clip from Thursday, June 24, 1971, Atlanta civil rights activist Reverend Joseph E. Boone speaks on behalf of victims of a police assault that took place during several days of rioting in Columbus, Georgia.
The silent clip begins with Atlanta civil rights activist Reverend Joseph E. Boone speaking at a small press conference. Joining him at a table are an African American woman and a young African American man, with a bandaged head and cut lip. This is followed by several close-up shots of each person sitting at the table. The clip ends with a shot of three young African American men gathered around the table with the conference interviewees; one of the young men is taking notes.
Violence broke out in Columbus, Georgia during the spring and summer of 1971 following a series of racially motivated suspensions and firings in the Columbus police department, and consequent protests against the city for its failure to address the grievances of black police officers. Members of the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) helped organize protest marches and demonstrations in Columbus. Even though these events were peaceful, acts of violence still rose throughout the city, and Columbus officials blamed out-of-town SCLC members for inciting the violence themselves. Racial conflicts escalated on June 21, 1971, when a white officer, L. A. Jacks, shot and killed a twenty-year old African American youth named Willie J. Osborne after an alleged armed robbery. The city erupted in numerous riots and arson attacks for days, prompting the Columbus City Council to invoke an emergency ordinance, and Columbus mayor J. R. Allen to declare a state of emergency. Although the state of emergency was lifted after a couple days, the emergency ordinance remained in place for several months.
Title supplied by cataloger. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn58211
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn58211
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn58211
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn58211/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn58211, WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African American leader Joseph E.Boone speaking for victims of police assault in Columbus, Georgia, 1971 June 24, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1598, 57:59/58:26, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 27 secs.): color, 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:
-
