WSB-TV newsfilm clip of United States Senator John Sparkman speaking against the Civil Rights Commission's threat of withholding federal funds from states because of ongoing racial disorders, Washington, D.C., 1963 April

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Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Title:
WSB-TV newsfilm clip of United States Senator John Sparkman speaking against the Civil Rights Commission's threat of withholding federal funds from states because of ongoing racial disorders, Washington, D.C., 1963 April
Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Contributor to Resource:
Sparkman, John, 1899-1985
Date of Original:
1963-04
Subject:
Race relations
Segregation--Mississippi
Legislators--United States
Politicians--Alabama
Federal-state controversies--Mississippi
Interviews--Washington (D.C.)
Reporters and reporting--Washington (D.C.)
African Americans--Civil rights
Federal aid--United States
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
United States--Race relations--History--20th century
People:
Sparkman, John, 1899-1985
Location:
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
Medium:
moving images
news
unedited footage
Type:
MovingImage
Format:
video/mp4
Description:
In this WSB newsfilm clip from April 1963, United States Senator John Sparkman speaks from Washington D.C. against the Civil Rights Commission and the prospect of withholding federal funds from states because of ongoing racial disorders.
The clip begins in the middle of Senator Sparkman explaining that Congress established federal funds for a purpose, "not to be used for the purpose of carrying out some kind of social program that somebody thinks ought to be carried out." The camera briefly focuses on the reporter who is sitting at a table facing Sparkman. Sparkman continues asserting that withholding funds wold hurt African American children the most. Sparkman contends that the proposed penalties are "utterly ridiculous" and asserts his long-standing position "that the Civil Rights Commission ought not to be in existence."
John Sparkman served as one of the United States Senators from Alabama from 1946 to 1979. In April 1963 the United States Civil Rights Commission proposed that president John F. Kennedy cut off funds to Mississippi because of ongoing racial disturbances in the state. Senators from the South publicly spoke out against the proposal. In a New York Times report of the situation, Sparkman stated the proposal "doesn't seem to represent clear thinking."
Title supplied by cataloger.
Local Identifier:
Clip number: wsbn31915
Metadata URL:
https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn31915
Digital Object URL:
https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn31915
IIIF manifest:
https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn31915/presentation/manifest.json
Language:
eng
Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
Cite as: wsbn31915, WSB-TV newsfilm clip of United States Senator John Sparkman speaking against the Civil Rights Commission's threat of withholding federal funds from states because of ongoing racial disorders, Washington, D.C., 1963 April, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0715, 5:15/06:47, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
Extent:
1 clip (about 1 mins., 32 secs.): black-and-white, sound ; 16 mm.
Original Collection:
Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
Rights:
In Copyright