Subject: College integration--Georgia--Athens--Public opinion / Event: University of Georgia Integration - Civil Rights Digital Library Search Results

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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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Subject College integration--Georgia--Athens--Public opinion Event University of Georgia Integration

1. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Georgia House of Representatives member A'Delbert Bowen condemning the faculty at the University of Georgia for signing a petition supporting the university's integration in Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 January 16

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01-16
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

2. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity at the University of Georgia flying the Confederate battle flag at half-mast following the university's court-ordered integration in Athens, Georgia, 1961 January 16

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01-16
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

3. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Myers Hall dormitory mother Minnie Porter speaking to a reporter and senator Carl Sanders speaking about a riot at the University of Georgia as well as images from Athens, Georgia, 1961 January 12

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01-12
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

4. Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of African American lawyers commenting on the University of Georgia's integration, students' replies to a reporter's questions, and African American students at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, 1961 January 9

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01-09
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

5. Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of African American students arriving on campus as well as the reaction of white students at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, 1961 January 9

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01-09
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

6. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of white students at the University of Georgia signing petitions requesting that the state legislature keep the school open after court-ordered integration in Athens, Georgia, 1961 January 8

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01-08
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

7. Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of students at the University of Georgia responding to an unidentified reporter's questions regarding the schools integration in Athens, Georgia, 1961 January

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

8. Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of statements by Georgia governor Ernest Vandiver, Athens mayor Ralph M. Snow, Georgia state treasurer George B. Hamilton, lieutenant governor Garland T. Byrd, and Mrs. Alice Stancil regarding integration of the University of Georgia, Georgia, 1961 January

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01-00
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

9. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Georgia House of Representatives member Lucius Black speaking to a reporter about proposed legislation granting financial aid to students expelled from the University of Georgia and of representative Marvin L. Summers condemning the United States Supreme Court for legislating from the bench in Athens, Georgia, 1961 January

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01-00
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

10. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Georgia House of Representatives members Byrom Mashburn Fitzgerald and Edgar Blalock addressing a committee about the court-ordered integration of the University of Georgia in Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 January

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01-00
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

11. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of students at the University of Georgia responding to a reporter's questions about the school's integration in Athens, Georgia, 1961 January

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01-00
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

12. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of students debating integration at the University of Georgia following the court-ordered admission of African American students Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes in Athens, Georgia, 1961 January

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-01-00
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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