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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of law enforcement officers trying to control white demonstrators protesting the court-ordered integration of elementary schools in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1960 November 16

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In this WSB newsfilm clip from November 16, 1960, white policemen try to control white demonstrators during a protest against the court-ordered integration of two elementary schools in New Orleans, Louisiana. The clip's audio is inconsistent; some portions may not be completely recorded.The clip begins with two white policemen, one on foot and one on horseback, trying to direct white spectators onto sidewalks in front of homes. Later, other policemen are also seen directing the crowd. Next another group of white demonstrators crosses a bridge in what appears to be downtown New Orleans. The protesters hold signs and appear to chant. An unidentified protester walks by the camera holding a flag with the letters "KKK" on it. Another sign has the phrase, "Must we shed blood?" Later demonstrators appear to cheer and policemen on horseback chase the crowd and try to maintain control. Finally police pull a man from a doorway and push him against a car.Although a federal judge overturned New Orleans school segregation laws in 1956, pressure from the Louisiana legislature helped the Orleans Parish School Board resist integration until 1960, when federal judge J. Skelly Wright ordered the school board to begin a grade-a-year integration plan starting with first grade that fall. The school board accepted 135 applications from African American students seeking to transfer to white schools; from those applications the school board chose four African American girls to integrate first-grade classes in two schools. Officials Norfolk, Virginia, which had recently undergone court-ordered integration, warned the...
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Children, White
  2. Demonstrations
  3. Elementary Schools
  4. High School Students
  5. History
  6. Louisiana
  7. Mounted Police
  8. New Orleans
  9. New Orleans (La.)
  10. Police
  11. Race Relations
  12. Race Riots
  13. School Integration
  14. Segregation In Education
  15. Segregationists
  16. Signs And Signboards
  17. Violence
  18. Whites

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