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.
More About This Collection
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.
Contributing Institution
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Search Results
2. Hancock County Classrooms Empty; Black and White Administrators Comment on Unitary Schools; Picketing by Blacks
3. Jimmy Carter Campaigns for Governor; Discusses Desegregation
4. Man Says Token Desegregation must be Avoided
5. School Superintendent Letson Disagrees with Those Parents Who are Keeping their Children out of School Due to Desegregation (No Length Given)
6. School Superintendent Dr. Letson Says Governor Maddox is not Being Realistic by Trying to Stop Desegregation
7. Maddox Addresses Crowd, Denounces Desegregation
8. Hearing Continues on Zone Plan to Have Racial Balance in Public Schools
9. Mayor Massell Speaks about Postponing the Teacher Reassignment in the Desegregation Plan
10. Dr. John Letson and Mr. Proctor Talk to School Principals about Desegregation Causing Teacher Reassignments and Resignations
11. Dr. Mays Says School Hearing is on the Verge of an Agreement
12. Governor Maddox Announces State of Georgia will File Suit Against U.S. Supreme Court's Desegregation Ruling
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