- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item D151.0006
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1963/1965
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Corporations--Finance
Governors--Alabama
Public officers--Alabama
Judges
Lawyers
Legislation--Alabama
Political campaigns
Political science
Race relations--Alabama
Voting
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County (Ala.) - People:
- Blount, Winton M., 1921-2002
Flowers, Richmond, 1918-2007
Hooper, Perry Oliver, 1925-2016
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- film (material by form)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- The following segments are included: / 0:00:14: Governor George Wallace announcing a special legislative session that will begin on February 16, 1965, to consider his education program for the state. / 0:01:13: Attorney General Richmond Flowers announcing in December 1963 his intention to prosecute companies in Alabama who were charging usurious interest rates on loans over $300. / 0:02:47: Governor George Wallace talking with reporters at the Dannelly Field airport in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 28, 1964, prior to leaving for Columbus, Ohio. He mentions that he will be holding a press conference the following morning to discuss the possibility of his entering the state's presidential primary. / 0:03:34: Attorney General Richmond Flowers making a statement from his office on August 10, 1965, about legislation he had just introduced that would make it a crime to incite others to violence. / 0:05:00: Winton Blount addressing a meeting of the Montgomery Jaycees on July 6, 1965. In his remarks, he decries the loss of rights to federal control and encourages government participation with the aim of reversing the "trend toward socialism." / 0:06:00: Interview with Judge Perry Hooper on August 11, 1965, about his being named a co-defendant in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department to abolish the poll tax in Alabama.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/3928
- 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 D151, Item 0006 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-