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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of an interview with Senators Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania and Ken Keating of New York early in a Southern-led filibuster against proposed Civil Rights legislation in Washington, D.C., 1960 February 29

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In this WSB newsfilm clip from February 29, 1960, a reporter interviews two Northern Republican senators, Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania and Ken Keating of New York, early in a Southern-led filibuster over proposed civil rights legislation in Washington, D.C.The clip begins with the camera focusing on Senator Hugh Scott, a Republican from Pennsylvania. An off-screen female reporter asks the senator about the around-the-clock sessions the Senate began that day. Senator Scott calls the filibuster "the Senate's version of the pajama game." The reporter then asks Senator Scott the secret of breaking a filibuster or an extended debate. Scott explains that it is important to be near the Senate chambers to answer quorum calls. Southern senators will call for a quorum to get some rest and to test the opposition; if the fifty-one senators needed to make a quorum cannot be found the Southern senators have a chance to defeat the Civil Rights bill.The reporter next turns to Senator Ken Keating, a Republican from New York. In response to the reporter's question, Senator Keating estimates the filibuster will go on for two or three weeks, with votes for cloture, ending the debate and moving to voting, happening once a week. Keating indicates that two-thirds of the senators have to vote for cloture in order to end the Southern senators' filibuster. Both Senators Keating and Scott feel their experience in politics in their home states indicate they can put up with the filibuster.The United States Senate began debate on the proposed Civil...
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Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975Scott, Hugh, 1900-1994
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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. Civil Rights
  3. Civil Rights Movements
  4. Filibusters (Political Science)
  5. Interviews
  6. Law And Legislation
  7. Legislators
  8. New York (State)
  9. Pennsylvania
  10. Politicians
  11. Reporters And Reporting
  12. Segregation
  13. United States
  14. Washington (D.C.)

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