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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of civil rights leaders visiting with president Dwight D. Eisenhower and A. Philip Randolph, vice president of the AFL-CIO speaks to reporters about the visit, Washington D.C., 1958 June 23

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

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In this WSB newsfilm clip from the White House in Washington, D.C. on June 23, 1958, civil rights leaders visit with United States president Dwight D. Eisenhower, and A. Philip Randolph, vice president of the AFL-CIO and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, speaks to reporters about the visit.The clip begins with Randolph speaking to reporters as they stand outside. Randolph indicates the civil rights leaders were impressed with the president's attitude toward civil rights. He continues with his belief that the president is working towards "achieving first-class citizenship for Negroes." Next in a silent portion, civil rights leaders meet with the president and other administration officials in the Oval Office in the White House. In addition to Randolph and Eisenhower, the men include Lester B. Granger, secretary of the National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); E. Frederic Morrow, White House administrative officer; Attorney General William P. Rogers; Rocco Siciliano, assistant to the president; and Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Cameramen and reporters wait for the men outside. African American civil rights leaders had sought the meeting with president Eisenhower and his administration in order to encourage support of the civil rights movement.Title supplied by cataloger.
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Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
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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 Civil Rights Workers
  2. African Americans
  3. Camera Operators
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Workers
  6. Government
  7. Interviews
  8. Meetings
  9. Politics And Government
  10. Presidents
  11. Reporters And Reporting
  12. United States
  13. Washington (D.C.)

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