- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of a peace and civil rights rally, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968 April 6
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1969-04-06
- Subject:
- Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Memorialization--Georgia--Atlanta
Protest movements--United States--History--20th century
Protest movements--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights--United States
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights movements--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers
Civil rights workers--United States
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civil rights workers
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American clergy--Georgia
Clergy--Georgia
Discrimination--Georgia--Atlanta
Race discrimination--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--Politics and government--20th century
African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
Anti-war demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Peace movements--Georgia--Atlanta
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Georgia--Atlanta
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Public opinion--Georgia--Atlanta
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Economic aspects
Profiteering--United States
Draft--United States
Draft--Georgia--Atlanta
Counterculture--United States
Counterculture--Georgia--Atlanta
Political activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Pacifists--Georgia--Atlanta
Hippies--Georgia--Atlanta
Youth--Georgia--Atlanta
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Atlanta
Banners--Georgia--Atlanta
We shall overcome
Singing--Georgia--Atlanta
Protest songs--Georgia--Atlanta
Audio amplifiers--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Applause
United States--Social conditions--20th century
Georgia--Social conditions--20th century - People:
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990--Political activity
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Anniversaries, etc.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips from Atlanta, Georgia, dated April 6, 1969, civil rights and anti-war demonstrators protest the Vietnam War with a march and rally on the Sunday following the one-year anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination.
The clip opens with Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy marching in the street amidst a crowd of African American and white demonstrators; this shot is silent. Next, demonstrators march down the street, this time with the Georgia state capitol building in the background. A row of demonstrators march down the street with their arms linked together; behind them, protesters carry both homemade and printed signs that read "War profit is blood money," "Honor Dr. King end racism," "Support your boys in Vietnam bring them home now," and "Dr. King died April 4, 1968 for all mankind." This is followed by another shot of Abernathy's place in the procession; next, participants in the march move past the state capitol. A demonstrator carrying a bullhorn leads the crowd in singing "We Shall Overcome." Next, at another location on the march route, a crowd shouts chants of "Peace now;" this is followed by a group of young men carrying a large banner along the route that reads "Southwide mobilization," presumably representing the organization Southwide Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam. Next, African American and white demonstrators are gathered together at an outdoor rally. Members of the audience raise their right fists in the air; a voice emanating from a loudspeaker says "We are not divided." The last shot in the clip shows demonstrators at the rally breaking into applause; the camera pans back and forth across the audience.
On Easter Sunday, April 6, 1969, a march dedicated to King was held in Atlanta to commemorate the one-year anniversary of his assassination. The march began at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Auburn Avenue, paused at the state Capitol to pick up vigil-keepers, proceeded through the Five Points business district, and ended at Hurt Park, where Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy and others addressed approximately four thousand participants at a rally. Some of the other speakers at the rally included Dave Dellinger, chairman of the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam; Luis Melendez, an organizer for California grape pickers, and Jeannette Rankin, former Georgia congresswoman and anti-war activist.
Title supplied by cataloger. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn55999
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn55999
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn55999
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn55999/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn55999, Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of a peace and civil rights rally, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968 April 6, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1537, 15:33/16:38, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins., 5 secs.): color, 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:
-
