- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item D130.0003
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1966-06
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers
Police
Reporters and reporting
Canton (Miss.) - People:
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- film (material by form)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Report on the March Against Fear through Mississippi, which had been started by James Meredith in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 5. (Meredith was injured by gunshots shortly after setting out was unable to rejoin the march until June 25.) Included is footage of the participants at campsites and on rural roads; a joint interview with leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael, during which they discuss their opposing viewpoints of non-violence and the Black Power movement; and the arrival of the demonstrators in downtown Canton, Mississippi.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/2823
- 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 D130, Item 0003 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
