WSB-TV newsfilm collection
Selected raw news footage of both Georgia and national civil rights events and leaders from Atlanta's WSB-TV station from 1956 to 1980.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1956/1980
Subject
Segregation in education--Southern States
College integration--Southern States
Civil rights movements--United States
Segregation--Southern States
African Americans--Civil rights
Freedom Rides, 1961
Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
Medium
news
documentaries and factual works
Type
MovingImage
Description
The entire collection consists of over 5 million feet of newsfilm from WSB-TV, Atlanta, Georgia and it covers the Civil Rights Movement, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the political careers of Jimmy Carter, Julian Bond, Andrew Young, Maynard Jackson, Herman Talmadge, Lester Maddox, Carl Sanders, George Wallace, Richard Russell, William Hartsfield, and other prominent politicians. The selected footage includes both local (in particular those in Atlanta, Albany, Rome, Augusta, Athens, Columbus, Savannah, Americus, and Macon) and national civil rights events such as the Albany Movement; the Selma to Montgomery March; the attempts to desegregate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Prince Edward County, Norfolk and Arlington County, Virginia; the integration of Ole Miss, the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama, and Georgia Tech; the Freedom Rides; and .... Contains edited and raw footage. No televised newscasts are included., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
Contributing Institution
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Search Results
2. PROTEST AT MONROE HIGH FOOTBALL GAME LED BY S.C.L.C.; PROTEST DISCRIMINATION AGAINST COACH
3. Urban Crisis Center President, King, Accuses Governor Busbee Of Supporting Racism at Reidsville
4. Urban Crisis Center President, King, Accuses Governor Busbee Of Supporting Racism at Reidsville Prison
5. Ex-Con, Collins, Blames Violence at Reidsville on Guards and The Administration; Film of Reidsville
6. Reidsville Segregated and Less Crowded Due to a Federal Court Order
7. Prison Transfer and Dormitory Segregation at Reidsville Completed Without Problems; Aimed at Reducing Racial Tension
8. Gays Plan Demonstration in Wake of Cities Repealing Gay Rights Ordinances
9. Community Relations Chairman, Cohen, Comments on Citizen's Group Helping with Problems
10. Homosexuals Demonstrate Outside Forum on Homosexuality; Want Discrimination Against Them Stopped
11. GEORGIA CONFERENCE OF BLACK LAWYERS CRITICIZES NEWS MEDIA AND STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
12. N.O.W. CHARGES STATE HIRING OFFICIALS WITH SEX DISCRIMINATION
13. DeKalb Parents Take Issue with the County's Majority-to-Minority
14. GOVERNOR BUSBEE SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN FOR ALL STATE AGENCIES
15. Young Speaks out Against the Death Penalty; Believes it to be Discriminatory
16. GAY PRIDE WEEK PLANNED TO EMPHASIZE NEED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
17. Mayor Jackson Says There will Always be Problems with Affirmative Action but not at Hartsfield
18. Shaffely in Atlanta Opposing E.R.A.; Now Spokeswoman Comments On
19. Community Relations Committee Director Jackson Fears City Council May Cut Funding for the C.R.C.
20. JOINT VENTURE IS DEBATED
21. Feminist Fridan and Mayor Jackson Speak to N.O.W. Marchers for E.R.A.
22. Black Leaders Comment on Charges of Racial Discrimination at Fort Benning
23. Senate Banking Committee Hearings Begin; Blackburn Apparently In Trouble
24. BLACK CAUCUS CLAIMS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACKS IN STATE HIRING PERSISTS
25. Councilman John Lewis reflects on "Bloody Sunday," a Civil Rights march
26. Sears Company Charged with Sex Discrimination
27. Community Relations Commission Claims Need for Power to Enforce Anti- Discrimination Work
28. BRENNAN SPOKE TO ATLANTA'S WORKING WOMEN
29. Role-Playing Presentation on Difficulties of Blacks in Finding Housing
30. ERA Sponsors More Optimistic This Year about Ratification by General Assembly; U.A.W. Spokesman Says the Union Supports Equal Rights
31. Judge Wofford Ruled that Georgia's Alimony Law Unconstitutional Because it Discriminates Against Men
32. ATLANTA ALDERMANIC BOARD PROHIBITS EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION TOWARD HANDICAPPED
33. Massell and Jackson Campaigns Address Questions of Racism
34. ATLANTA BLACKS INTEND TO FILE SUIT AGAINST COX ENTERPRISES
35. Ku Klux Klan's Annual National Rally at Stone Mountain for a Day of Speech Making, Weddings and Cross Burnings
36. Dr. Jackson Comments on Discrimination Against Men in Divorce
37. Community Relations Commission Identifies Sex Discrimination in Atlanta
38. Editorial Cartoon - Showing Hank Aaron's Performance Being Affected by Racism
39. March and Rally by Women Commemorating Right to Vote and Protesting Employment Discrimination
40. Workers Picket Nabisco Plant Charging Discrimination
41. Profile of Stoner, White Supremacist, Who is Running for U.S. Senate
42. U.S. Congresswoman Griffith's Comment on Equal Rights Amendment
43. Female Democratic Delegates Comment on Sex Discrimination in Party Activities
44. Carter Averts Discrimination Suit; Discussion with Pope and Hope about Public Safety Department Hiring More Blacks
45. Congress for Racial Equality Meets in Atlanta
46. Rev. John Gill Speaks on the Formation of Gay Church, Metropolitan Community Church
47. BRIGADIER GENERAL, MILDRED BAILEY, SPEAKS ON RECRUITMENT OF WOMEN IN THE ARMY
48. Picketing at High Rise Public Apartment Project Because of Racial Imbalance
49. Blacks Protest High Rent for Apartments
50. Georgia Tech Faculty Member Accepts New Job after Racial Tensions
51. Blacks Picket a Big Apple Food Store for Alleged Discrimination
52. Woman Talks about Supervising Men
53. Black Man Organizes the Housing Office to Walk off the Job
54. Governor Carter Says he does not Think Georgia Law Regarding Block- Busting Adequate
55. Black Politician Criticizes President Nixon's Tenative Steps in Allowing Blacks into Suburbs and Better Jobs
56. Black Civil Rights Leader Complains of Inadequate Registration
57. Maynard Jackson Speaks about Racial Issues and Discrimination in City Construction Projects
58. Blacks Picket Sanitation Department for Racial Discrimination
59. Unidentified Woman Discusses Sex Discrimination in Employment
60. JACKSON DISCUSSES WHITE SUPREMACIST
61. Police Official Protests at the Indictment of Two Augusta Policemen on Civil Rights Violations
62. Demonstration for Equal Treatment of Women; Several Women Say they Want to Remain Inferior
63. People Explain the Reasons for their Protests in Summerhill
64. Mayor Massell Meets with Representatives of Summerhill to Discuss the Police Problem
65. Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of men standing around a car decorated with confederate flags and talking to reporter John Philip, 1970, August 07
66. Discussion of Locating Public Housing in the Suburbs
67. Georgia Candidates for Governor Give Remarks on the Upcoming Election
68. Black Police Officer Claims Discrimination in Police Department and Brutality Against Citizens
69. Tate Comments on Differences in Employment Between White and Black Teachers
70. LONG HAIRS PROTEST THAT FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY WILL NOT RENT TO THEM DUE TO PREJUDICE
71. Black Students in Covington March in Protest
72. Woman Explains the Upcoming March to the State Capitol for Equal Rights for Women
73. Man Says Token Desegregation must be Avoided
74. Speaker at Clark College Says Desegregation has Become "Resegregation" and the Cause of the Blacks has Regressed
75. Georgia Senate Debates Local Tax Bill
76. Homeowners Demonstrate in Front of DeKalb Board of Realtors to Stop Discriminatory Housing Practices
77. Man Speaks to Crowd about Regulations in Monitoring Hiring Minorities in Construction
78. Public Official Speaks on Blockbusting and Preventive Legislation
79. Public Official Comments on New Legislation to Prohibit Blockbusting
80. Cartoon; Blacks are Suffering from All Aspects of Discrimination
81. Hearing Continues on Zone Plan to Have Racial Balance in Public Schools
82. Dr. Mays Says School Hearing is on the Verge of an Agreement
83. Governor Maddox Announces State of Georgia will File Suit Against U.S. Supreme Court's Desegregation Ruling
84. Mr. Al Evans Speaks about Freedom of Choice as Opposed to Public School Desegregation
85. Rev. Joe Boone Speaks out Against Racism and Governor Maddox
86. Vernon Jordan Speaks on Equality for Blacks Amidst the Urban Crisis
87. Highway Official Speaks about Availability of Jobs and Hiring Minorities
88. President King of N.A.A.C.P. Lists Broadcasting Stations Guilty of not Hiring Blacks
89. Catholic Priest Speaks Favorably on Desegregation of Public Schools
90. Cartoon on Georgia "Red Necks" Creating Hatred and Racial Tension
91. Debate over Unidentified Educational Issues
92. Mayor Massell Points out the Contrast Between Rural and Urban Politics in Georgia
93. Mr. Moore Speaks out Against Desegregation of Public Schools
94. Cartoon; Maddox Appointing Ultra-Conservative "Red-Necks"
95. Black Man Talks about Discrimination Against Blacks
96. Cartoon; Board of Regents Votes with Enlightenment on Rusk Appointment
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