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

Description

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of James S. Lackey in the custody of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Athens, Georgia, 1964 August 6. These clips are at night and very difficult to see. The first clip is of a man, covering his face, being escorted by five other men, and followed by a photographer. The next four clips are of men getting into a car and driving away. This is presumably James S. Lackey based on the still photograph that is next in this series. This is followed by other still photographs of various men. The first is of Herbert Guest (one of the men arrested for conspiracy in the slaying of Lemuel Penn) and an unidentified man (probably an FBI agent). The next still photograph is of Joseph Howard Sims, who was also arrested for the murder, with an unidentified man (probably an FBI agent). This section ends with a still of Lackey laying in the back seat of a car with his back to the camera. There is a short section that is black. The clips begin again with a shot of the "County Police Office" window (most likely an entrance to the Athens County Police department), followed by three shots of various men getting into the back of a car, which then drives away. The last series of shots is of the Guest Garage where Lackey worked as the night manager.Lemuel Penn, an African American, was returning to Washington D.C. with two other African American...

Record Contributed By

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia