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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Georgia House of Representatives member Lucius Black speaking to a reporter about proposed legislation granting financial aid to students expelled from the University of Georgia and of representative Marvin L. Summers condemning the United States Supreme Court for legislating from the bench in Athens, Georgia, 1961 January

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In this WSB newsfilm clip from Atlanta, Georgia in January 1961, House of Representatives member Lucius Black of Webster County speaks to a reporter about a grant for students expelled from the University of Georgia, and representative Marvin Lester Summers of Crisp county condemns the Supreme Court for legislating from the bench.The clip begins with a reporter interviewing representative Black about a House resolution to provide grants to students expelled from the University of Georgia for peaceful demonstrations. Black explains that the resolution would provide the tuition a student would have to pay to attend another school. He believes that the university was wrong in expelling students for peaceful demonstrations against segregation. After a January 11 over-time loss in a basketball game against Georgia Tech, a crowd gathered outside Charlayne Hunter's dormitory and began throwing things at the dormitory. The crowd was eventually dispersed through the use of tear gas, and some white students were expelled from the university for their involvement in the protest. Although the bill was read twice in the House of Representatives, the record does not indicate it was ever sent to the Senate.Next, representative Marvin Lester Summers from Crisp County speaks to the House of Representatives. He declares that the United States Constitution is the law of the land, and asserts that there is a gap between the constitution and the United States Supreme Court. Summers proclaims that United States citizens will rectify the problem because they do not "stand quietly by while they are...
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Black, James Lucius, 1915-2004Summers, Marvin L., 1927-1997
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American College Students
  2. African Americans
  3. Athens
  4. Attitudes
  5. College Integration
  6. College Students
  7. Georgia
  8. Government
  9. Government, Resistance To
  10. Legislators
  11. Massive Resistance Movement
  12. Public Opinion
  13. Reporters And Reporting
  14. Resolutions, Legislative
  15. School Integration
  16. Segregation In Education
  17. Tuition

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