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Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. discussing an alleged Republican plot to encourage African Americans to write-in King's name in the presidential election during a press conference held in Atlanta, Georgia on 1964 November 2

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In this series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips from a press conference held in Atlanta, Georgia on November 2, 1964 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses an alleged Republican plot encouraging African Americans to write-in King's name in the upcoming presidential election. The clip's audio track is inconsistent; some comments may not be completely recorded.The clip begins as King criticizes the write-in plot which he views as a desperate attempt to pull votes away from President Lyndon B. Johnson. King points out that there are six and one half million African Americans registered to vote in the United States and that in many large cities in the nation, the African American vote rivals the white vote. He believes that those who initiated the write-in scheme are seeking to "keep the election from being the kind of landslide that it should be." King recognizes that Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater may not be responsible for the conspiracy, but does blame the "ranks of the Republican party and the anti-Democratic and anti-Johnson" forces for the trickery. Three white reporters sitting at the edge of the room take notes as does a black reporter; a reel-to-reel recording machine runs in the back.Andrew Young, a minister for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, sits beside King; both Young and King appear speaking, but no audio is recorded. The camera focuses on a Western Unity telegram although the text cannot be read. When the audio returns to the clip, King asserts that encouraging African Americans to write-in...
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Atlanta
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Corrupt Practices
  5. Election
  6. Elections
  7. Georgia
  8. Government
  9. Political Campaigns
  10. Politics And Government
  11. Presidents
  12. Press Conferences
  13. Reporters And Reporting
  14. Social Justice
  15. Suffrage
  16. United States
  17. Voting

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