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Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of African Americans demonstrating against segregation in Americus, Georgia, 1965 July 30

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@ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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

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In this series of silent WSB-TV newsfilm clips from July 30, 1965, African Americans demonstrate against segregation in Americus, Georgia. The clip begins with a night march of mostly African Americans, led by Reverend Joseph R. Campbell, head of the Sumter County Movement, and other men in white shirts. Law enforcement officers walk beside the marchers, who sing and clap as they walk. A man speaks to the crowd, which consists of several white and African American demonstrators. Children and teenagers are seen among the crowd, including one young boy playing with a helmet while sitting on the ground. After a break in the clip, protesters also march during a daytime demonstration, following a police car as they walk. The demonstrators march from Friendship Baptist Church on Cotton Avenue to the Sumter County Courthouse. Signs in the crowd have the slogans, "Help us end this evil system," "One man, one vote," and "I don't want to keep my money but you are keeping my rights." Law enforcement officers again protect the marchers. The demonstrators also kneel and appear to pray near the Sumter County Courthouse. Earlier in the day, the four women arrested July 20 for standing in a "white" line at a Sumter County election were released from jail by federal judge W. A. Bootle; after being released, the women immediately joined a protest march at the Sumter County Courthouse. After sporadic civil rights demonstrations from 1963 through 1965, the Sumter County Movement intensified protests after the July 20...
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia