- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item D103.0067
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1979-05
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Political activity
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers
Legislators--Alabama
Political science - People:
- Figures, Michael A., 1947-1996
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- film (material by form)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Interview with Senator Michael Figures, member of the Alabama Black Legislative Caucus, about Governor Fob James's pledge to send state troopers to protect African American participants in an SCLC march to be held in Decatur, Alabama, on June 9. (At a similar demonstration on May 26, which was also organized in support of Tommy Lee Hines, members of the Ku Klux Klan had attacked the black marchers.)
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/2548
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by WSFA, https://www.wsfa.com.
- Original Collection:
- WSFA-TV (Television station : Montgomery, Ala.)
WSFA collection
Box D103, Item 0067 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
