Dallas County Sheriff's Department Civil Rights Surveillance Recording. Tapes 4-5.

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Collection:: Oral Histories
Title:: Dallas County Sheriff's Department Civil Rights Surveillance Recording. Tapes 4-5.
Publisher:: Dallas County (Ala.). Department of the Sheriff
Birmingham, Ala. : Birmingham Public Library
Date of Original:: 1965-01-25
Subject:: African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Selma
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Selma
Civil rights--Alabama--Selma
People:: Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Reese, Frederick D.
Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008
Location:: United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
Medium:: open reel audiotapes
MP3
Type:: Sound
Format:: audio/mpeg
Description:: Tapes #4 and #5, location unknown, January 25, 1965 (35 minutes). Recording opens with crowd singing a hymn, then an unidentified speaker introduces Ralph Abernathy who talks on the importance of leadership and respect for leaders
voter registration
references and compliments John Lewis, who was in attendance
references King and the Nobel Peace Prize
references Sheriff Jim Clark and Selma police, telling the crowd, “they are against us … if ever we get the ballot the first thing we gonna do is vote Jim Clark out of business.” Abernathy criticizes the press for unfair coverage of civil rights activities and discusses the altercation between Annie Cooper and Clark. Abernathy leads the crowd in a call and response, encouraging the crowd to “talk to the doo-hickey,” meaning the police’s recording device. Lewis Anderson introduces Frederick D. Reese, president of the Dallas County Voters League. Reese announces a list of names to remain after the meting and meet with an attorney. Reese
Metadata URL:: http://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/1232
IIIF manifest:: https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/p15099coll2:1232/manifest.json
Language:: eng
Additional Rights Information:: This material may be protected under Title 17 of the U. S. Copyright Law which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research.
Extent:: 35 min.
Original Collection:: Dallas County, Ala. Sheriff's Department Civil Rights Surveillance Recordings, 1965
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)
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