Items and Collections

Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections

This curated collection brings together diverse archival footage from the University of South Carolina's Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) documenting the Civil Rights movement, and the long struggle for equality and social justice in South Carolina and beyond.

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1955/1975

Subject
Civil rights demonstrations--South Carolina
Civil rights workers--South Carolina
African American civil rights workers--South Carolina
Students--Political activity--South Carolina
Television programs--South Carolina

People
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987
Clyburn, James
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Newman, I. DeQuincy, 1911-1985
Blackwell, Gloria, 1927-
Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992
Young, Andrew, 1932-

Location
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009

Type
MovingImage

Description
This curated collection brings together diverse archival footage from the University of South Carolina's Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) documenting the Civil Rights movement, and the long struggle for equality and social justice in South Carolina and beyond. Comprised mainly of local television news outtakes from MIRC's WIS-TV, WLTX-TV, and WBTW-TV News Collections, the digital collection also includes materials from the Fox Movietone News Collection and various Regional Films Collections.

Metadata URL
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/

Language
eng

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

Rights

Use quotation marks to search as a phrase
Use "+" before a term to make it required (Otherwise results matching only some of your terms may be included)
Use "-" before a word or phrase to exclude
Use "OR", "AND", and "NOT" (must be capitalized) to create complex boolean logic
You can use parentheses in your complex expressions
Truncation and wildcards are not supported

This Search	Will Find
“Montgomery Bus Boycott”	Records that have the exact phrase Montgomery Bus Boycott
Albany OR Augusta +integration	Records with the word integration that also contain the words Albany and/or Augusta
King -Martin	Records with the name King but not the name Martin
“Freedom Rides” AND Carter	Records containing the phrase “Freedom Rides” and the name Carter
Selma AND (Lewis OR Williams)	Records containing the words Selma and Lewis or Selma and Williams

Subject Demonstrations

Clear All

1. Sellers trial--outtakes

Creator:: WIS-TV
Date of Original:: 1970-09-25
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

2. Young on demonstrators, Abernathy's arrest--outtakes

Creator:: WIS-TV
Date of Original:: 1969-06
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

3. Protests at State House after Orangeburg shooting--outtakes

Creator:: WIS-TV
Date of Original:: 1968-03-14
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

4. Student demonstrations (Part 2)--outtakes

Creator:: WNOK-TV
Date of Original:: 1968-03-13
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

5. Student demonstrations (part 3)--outtakes

Creator:: WNOK-TV
Date of Original:: 1968-03-13
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

6. Students demonstrate at State House--outtakes

Creator:: WNOK-TV
Date of Original:: 1968-03-13
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

7. Demonstrations to protest Orangeburg Massacre--outtakes

Creator:: Creator Name WNOK-TV
Date of Original:: 1968-03
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

8. McLeod on racial relations and report on civil disorders--outtakes

Creator:: WNOK-TV
Date of Original:: 1968-03
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

9. Strom on situation in Orangeburg--outtakes

Creator:: WNOK-TV
Date of Original:: 1968-02-13
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

10. McNair on Orangeburg deaths--outtakes

Creator:: WNOK-TV
Date of Original:: 1968-02-09
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

11. McNair on student deaths in Orangeburg--outtakes

Creator:: WNOK-TV
Date of Original:: 1968-02-09
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

12. McNair press conference on Orangeburg--outtakes

Creator:: WNOK-TV
Date of Original:: 1968-02-09
Collection:: Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections