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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African American students attempting to integrate the Albany Carnegie Library in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 18

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

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In this WSB newsfilm clip, African American students attempt to use the all-white Albany Carnegie Library on Wednesday, July 18, 1962 and are observed by the police; they avoided arrest by leaving the library. Two female students enter the library, use library books, and leave with a group of several women and one man. Students had been active in protesting segregation with the Albany Movement since the arrival of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) members Charles Sherrod and Cordell Reagon in August, 1961. SNCC leader Charles Jones worked with Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) director Wyatt Walker to arrange for students to test segregation policies at several facilities, including lunch counters, public parks, and the bus station grill. Such tests, which had been led intermittently since November, had begun again with greater strength after Albany city officials refused to meet with leaders of the Albany Movement.Title supplied by cataloger.IMLS Grant, 2008.Digibeta Center Cut (4 x 3) downconvert from HDD5 1080/23.98PsF film transfer. Transfer comp reel tape 1.
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Students
  2. African Americans
  3. Albany
  4. Albany (Ga.)
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  7. Civil Rights Movements
  8. Direct Action
  9. Discrimination
  10. Discrimination In Public Accommodations
  11. Georgia
  12. Government
  13. History
  14. Passive Resistance
  15. Police
  16. Politics And Government
  17. Race Relations
  18. Segregation

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