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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of the chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents Robert O. Arnold speaking to reporters about the recent integration of the University of Georgia from offices in Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 January

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In this WSB newsfilm clip from January 1961, chairman of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Robert O. Arnold, speaks to reporters about integration at the University of Georgia from an office in Atlanta, Georgia.The clip begins with a man putting a microphone around the neck of Robert O. Arnold, chairman of the Board of Regents. The man also adjusts a small table in front of Arnold with several microphones on it. A reporter sits down on the couch next to Arnold and asks him to identify the reason for the recent calm at the University of Georgia which had been integrated by court order January 9, 1961. Arnold praises the "fine conduct of everybody concerned with this affair." He specifically mentions the Sunday, January 15 agreement between University officials and news reporters where the reporters agreed to stay away from campus. University officials believed such efforts would minimize the possibility of crowds gathering and help students build a routine.Arnold declines to comment on restrictions university officials have placed on students because he has not visited the campus in several days. He also declines to comment on the students' mood for the same reason. Responding to a follow up question about the press and crowds Arnold states that "crowds gather around the press and the press gathers around the crowds." Arnold refuses to comment on the possible involvement of the press in the January 11 riot on campus, in part because "other people have commented too...
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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 College Students
  2. African Americans
  3. Athens
  4. Athens (Ga.)
  5. Atlanta
  6. College Integration
  7. Crowds
  8. Georgia
  9. History
  10. Massive Resistance Movement
  11. Microphone
  12. Press Conferences
  13. Press Coverage
  14. Race Relations
  15. Race Riots
  16. Reporters And Reporting
  17. School Integration
  18. Segregation In Education
  19. Sofas
  20. Tables

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