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Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of press conference where NAACP Atlanta Branch executive secretary Robert B. Flanagan calls for the resignation of members of the Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 December 21

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

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In this series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips, NAACP Atlanta Branch executive secretary Robert B. Flanagan calls for the resignation of members of the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA) based on their request for HUD (U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development) to let them continue to use the "freedom of choice rule." He says that his rule "has perpetuated segregation in public housing." Most of the clips focus on Mr. Flanagan, seated at a desk with microphones, however there a a few clips that include a shot of Mr. Flanagan from the side, and a shot that shows a cameraman and two other men near a wall.Title supplied by cataloger.Supporting information was taken from the following source: Coffin, Alex. "NAACP Demands Housing Chiefs Quit." The Atlanta Constitution, 22 Dec 1967: 3. Web. 3 June 2020
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Contributors:
Flanagan, Robert B., 1929
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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. Atlanta (Ga.)
  4. Discrimination
  5. Discrimination In Housing
  6. Georgia
  7. Housing
  8. Public Housing
  9. Race Discrimination
  10. Race Relations
  11. Social Conditions

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