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Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of comments made by Sumter County attorney Warren Fortson, Georgia Governor Carl Sanders, and two other unidentified people regarding recent racial conflicts in Americus, Georgia, 1965 August 4

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In this series of WSB_TV newsfilm clips from August 4, 1965, Sumter County attorney Warren Fortson, Georgia Governor Carl Sanders, and two unidentified individuals present their opinions regarding recent racial conflicts in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia.The clip begins with Warren Fortson speaking about the possibility of establishing a biracial committee to discuss racial problems in Americus; he states his belief that the community will only be able to reduce racial tension "by sitting down with a committee of white people and a committee of Negroes." Although the creation of a biracial committee was one of the demands of the Sumter County Movement (the local civil rights organization), Americus city officials repeatedly refused to create such a body. In light of the city's failure to cooperate, Fortson eventually organized an independent biracial committee; however, city officials refused to recognize it. After a break in the clip, an unidentified Americus official states that racial problems should be worked out by elected officials and not private citizens; he emphasizes that if the city council does not "represent the sentiment of the people of Sumter County, then the ballot box is the place to solve it." Next, Georgia governor Carl Sanders reports that he has urged the city council to work with local African Americans to "seek a workable solution to this very serious problem." After this, Warren Fortson again speaks to an unidentified reporter. He explains that the Sumter County Movement's demand to void the results of the special election held July 20...
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Fortson, Warren Candler, 1928Sanders, Carl, 1925-2014
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Americus
  3. Americus (Ga.)
  4. City Councils
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Civil Rights Movements
  7. Committees
  8. Contested Elections
  9. Discrimination
  10. Discrimination In Employment
  11. Georgia
  12. Government
  13. Governors
  14. History
  15. Lawyers
  16. Local Elections
  17. Municipal Officials And Employees
  18. Negotiation
  19. Officials And Employees
  20. Politics And Government
  21. Race Relations
  22. Reporters And Reporting
  23. Suffrage
  24. Women
  25. Women Political Candidates

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