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WSB-TV newsfilm collection

Selected raw news footage of both Georgia and national civil rights events and leaders from Atlanta's WSB-TV station from 1956 to 1980.

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Date of Original
1956/1980

Subject
Segregation in education--Southern States
College integration--Southern States
Civil rights movements--United States
Segregation--Southern States
African Americans--Civil rights
Freedom Rides, 1961

Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434

Medium
news
documentaries and factual works

Type
MovingImage

Description
The entire collection consists of over 5 million feet of newsfilm from WSB-TV, Atlanta, Georgia and it covers the Civil Rights Movement, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the political careers of Jimmy Carter, Julian Bond, Andrew Young, Maynard Jackson, Herman Talmadge, Lester Maddox, Carl Sanders, George Wallace, Richard Russell, William Hartsfield, and other prominent politicians. The selected footage includes both local (in particular those in Atlanta, Albany, Rome, Augusta, Athens, Columbus, Savannah, Americus, and Macon) and national civil rights events such as the Albany Movement; the Selma to Montgomery March; the attempts to desegregate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Prince Edward County, Norfolk and Arlington County, Virginia; the integration of Ole Miss, the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama, and Georgia Tech; the Freedom Rides; and .... Contains edited and raw footage. No televised newscasts are included., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Metadata URL
https://bmac.libs.uga.edu/pawtucket2/index.php/Detail/collections/146

Contributing Institution
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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“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

Creator WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)

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1. N.A.A.C.P. Ministers Call for a City Wide Daily Prayer Vigil for the Capture of Child Murderer

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1980-11-19
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

2. State Senator Bond Called the Community Relations Service a Tool of the Klan; he Wants an Investigation

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1980-06-23
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

3. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of a reporter interviewing Mayor Maynard Jackson on the impact of the Civil Rights movement, Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 January 3

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1980-01-03
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

4. Federal Judge Refuses to Lift Order Keeping Demonstrators Away From

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1979-08-17
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

5. Ku Klux Klansmen and Blacks Demonstrate in Decatur, Alabama

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1979-06-09
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

6. Demonstrations by S.C.L.C. And Revolutionary Communist Party During Visit by President Carter

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1979-02-20
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

7. Black Leaders Say There is a Conspiracy to Discredit Black Leaders in the U.S.

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1979-01-22
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

8. PEOPLE MARCH IN FRONT OF COURTHOUSE FOR MAKING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S BIRTHDAY A LEGAL HOLIDAY

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1979-01-15
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

9. Reidsville Penitentiary

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1978-11-26
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

10. Re-Integration of Reidsville Prison to be Attempted

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1978-11-25
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

11. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Paschal's and its evolution into the "Restaurant of politicians" during the civil rights movement, Atlanta, Georgia, 1978 November 15

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1978-11-15
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

12. Protests March on Capitol Against Treatment of Reidsville Inmates' Job Payment

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1978-09-22
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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