- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item D121.0007
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1961/1963
- Subject:
- Freedom Rides, 1961
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Governors--Alabama
Inaugurations
Political campaigns
Political science
Race relations--Alabama
Segregation--Alabama
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County (Ala.) - People:
- Patterson, John Malcolm, 1921-
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This footage was transferred to tape from the original 16mm film. The following segments are included: 0:00:04: George Wallace giving a speech during the 1962 gubernatorial campaign. 0:01:08: George Wallace pledging to resist integration and commenting on recent violence in Mississippi, likely a reference to the riots in Oxford after James Meredith integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962. 0:01:57: George Wallace commenting on recent violence in Mississippi, likely a reference to the riots in Oxford after James Meredith integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962. 0:03:08: Inauguration of Governor George Wallace on January 14, 1963, including portions of his speech. 0:04:54: Freedom Riders leaving Montgomery for Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961. (The footage is silent.) 0:05:53: John Patterson speaking on the Freedom Riders in Montgomery in May 1961. 0:06:58: George Wallace giving a speeches during the 1962 gubernatorial campaign.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/19
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
