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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of an unidentified white female civil rights worker describing the challenges she faces in rural southwest Georgia from Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, 1962 August 1

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

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In this WSB newsfilm clip, an unidentified white female civil rights worker speaks to a mass meeting at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, August 1, 1962, and describes the challenges she has faced in rural southwest Georgia near Albany. These include acts of harassment and retaliation, such as disconnecting her phone and destroying her borrowed car. She also mentions that local African Americans were intimidated by the sheriff, and that black farmers were threatened with eviction by white landowners for associating with civil rights workers. Also included are scenes of a group of protesters praying outside and being led into City Hall by police officers, as well as the participants of a mass meeting, possibly at Shiloh Baptist Church, singing the freedom song, "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize."Title supplied by cataloger.IMLS Grant, 2008.Digibeta Center Cut (4 x 3) downconvert from HDD5 1080/23.98PsF film transfer. WSB comp reel 1.
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Albany
  2. Albany (Ga.)
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  5. Civil Rights Movements
  6. Civil Rights Workers
  7. Georgia
  8. History
  9. Intimidation
  10. Keep Your Eyes On The Prize (Song)
  11. Nonviolence
  12. Passive Resistance
  13. Police
  14. Race Relations
  15. Segregation
  16. Violence Against
  17. Women
  18. Women Civil Rights Workers

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