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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.

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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

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