- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item D120.0004
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1958/1966
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Bands
Alabama--Economic conditions
Education
Governors--Alabama
Inaugurations
Legislators--Alabama
Political campaigns
Political science
Race relations--Alabama
Segregation--Alabama
Singers
Greenville (Ala.)
Butler County (Ala.)
Greensboro (Ala.)
Hale County (Ala.)
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County (Ala.) - People:
- Gosdin, Rebe
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 tape ends with a preview copy of "Women at Risk: Protection, Detection and Survival" [1993], but that segment has been removed from this video due to copyright concerns.) The following segments are included: 0:00:02: Inauguration of Governor John Patterson on January 19, 1959, including portions of his speech. 0:01:02: Governor John Patterson commenting on a report by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. 0:01:36: Governor John Patterson speaking before the legislature about the need for increased funding to save the state's education system. He specifically mentions the possibility of a special session. 0:02:29: Governor John Patterson discussing the school relief bill, which would raise certain taxes to increase revenues for the state's education system. 0:03:10: John Patterson with campaign workers after his successful gubernatorial campaign in 1958. (Much of the footage is silent.) 0:04:17: Rally for John Patterson in Greenville, Alabama, during the 1966 gubernatorial campaign. 0:07:51 Rally for John Patterson (possibly in Greensboro) during the 1966 gubernatorial campaign, including a performance by Rebe Gosdin and His Sunny Valley Boys. 0:10:30: Inauguration of Governor George Wallace on January 14, 1963, including portions of his speech.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/6
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
