- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item D005.0006
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1966-01
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Municipal officials--Alabama--Tuskegee
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Macon County (Ala.) - People:
- Keever, Charles M.
Paris, Wendell
Patton, Gwendolyn Marie - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee, 32.42415, -85.69096
- Medium:
- newsreels
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Demonstrations in Tuskegee to protest the murder of civil rights worker Samuel L. Younge, who was killed on January 3, 1966. The footage beings with Gwen Patton, Wendell Paris, and other Tuskegee Institute students confronting Mayor Charles Keever about Younge's death, as well as segregation in local schools, public facilities, and businesses
the segment ends with everyone (including the city officials) holding hands and singing "We Shall Overcome." Following that are scenes around town, including the spot where Younge's body was discovered (near the Greyhound bus station), the Macon County courthouse, and the Macon County jail. The film ends with shots of protesters marching in the rain. (The latter half of the footage is silent.) - Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/1223
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
