- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item D138.0039
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1976-07
- Subject:
- African Americans
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers
Demonstrations
Protest movements
Reporters and reporting
Selma (Ala.)
Dallas County (Ala.) - People:
- Mitchell, George, 1927-2023
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- film (material by form)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- WSFA-TV's George Mitchell interviewing a leader of the Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice on U.S. Highway 80 near Craig Air Force Base in Selma, Alabama. The demonstration, which left from New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 4 with the intention of reaching Washington D.C. on or near October 16, was one of several such marches held around the country in 1976. Among the sponsors of this iteration were the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the American Friends Service Committee, and the War Resisters League.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/3702
- 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 D138, Item 0039 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
