- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Georgia state senator Leroy Johnson, Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen, and NAACP representative Dr. John P. Davis discussing HUD funding for public housing for Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 June 1
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Johnson, Leroy, 1928-
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
Davis, John P. (John Preston), 1905-1973 - Date of Original:
- 1967-06-01
- Subject:
- Public housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Segregation--Georgia--Atlanta
Low-income housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations
Atlanta (Ga.)--Economic conditions - People:
- Johnson, Leroy, 1928-
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
Davis, John P. (John Preston), 1905-1973
Weaver, Robert C. (Robert Clifton), 1907-1997 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/x-f4v
- Description:
- In this series of WSB-TV Newsfilm clips, NAACP leaders (probably Georgia state senator Leroy Johnson and Dr. John P. Davis) present their position to request that the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development withhold funds for public housing in Atlanta until the city adopts a more integrated approach to housing. Mayor Ivan Allen responds to their comments. The press sessions were done at different times, probably between the first part of April through May of 1967 for a story aired June 1, 1967.The first clip shows Mr. Johnson discussing the Atlanta Housing Authority and asserting that units are still segregated. He also states that the proposal for new housing was "located totally in a Negro community." Finally, he notes that HUD has created a policy whereby no units would be "built in a totally segregated area or in a ghetto," while Atlanta continues "a segregated pattern."In the next clip, Mayor Allen is shown with an unidentified reporter. He states that, as far as he knows, Atlanta's public housing is integrated, and that there is "no effort on the part of the city of Atlanta to in any way create a racially segregated public housing program."In the next clip, a representative from NAACP (possibly Dr. John P. Davis) says that they are asking "Mr. Weaver, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to withhold funds to public housing and urban renewal programs until all discriminatory practices are eliminated" and fund for model cities programs for Atlanta should be withheld until the city has an open occupancy ordinance.The next clip again includes mayor Allen and the reporter. Mr. Allen hopes that NAACP will not take any precipitous action since the city is trying to develop low-income rental units for all citizens. He also says that the NAACP could choose to sponsor projects "on a site of their own location."Both of the NAACP participants are in the next clip. Mr. Johnson says that they have invited representatives of all agencies dealing with housing to a conference, but have not gotten responses to their request sent out ten days earlier.In the final clip, mayor Allen says he responded promptly "to Dr. Davis' letter on the 23rd of this month," and regrets that they have not yet received the reply. He is glad to meet with any group regarding housing in Atlanta.
Title supplied by cataloger. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn51709
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn51709
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn51709
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn51709/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn51709, Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Georgia state senator Leroy Johnson, Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen, and NAACP representative Dr. John P. Davis discussing HUD funding for public housing for Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 June 1, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1390, 34:02/36:50, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 2 mins., 48 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:
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