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Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the work of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Chicago as well as current political parties, Atlanta, Georgia, 1965 June

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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 WSB-TV newsfilm clips from Atlanta, Georgia in June 1965 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to reporters at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) press conference with Hosea Williams and Bayard Rustin about work in Chicago and current political parties. The clip's audio is inconsistent; comments may not be completely recorded.The clip begins with a series of silent shots of Dr. King, Hosea Williams, and Bayard Rustin sitting at a table with microphones in front of them and a sign for the Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) project, led by Hosea Williams with the assistance of Bayard Rustin, behind them. There are also views of people taking notes. Sound begins at about 20 seconds into the clip. King praises president Lyndon B. Johnson for his "creative leadership in the area of civil rights." He next asserts the importance of ending "de facto segregation" in cities like Chicago, where SCLC plans to "bring these issues out into the open" and "to place it before the conscience of the community so that a change can take place." When asked by an unidentified off-screen reporter if he has been invited to Chicago, King replies that leaders invited him to the city and that while he has been unable to go, he hopes to travel there soon.After a silent portion of the clip that is almost 2 minutes long, another unidentified off-screen reporter asks King if he supports demonstrations in Chicago to seek the removal of school superintendent...
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Video
Contributors:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia