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

Description

In this WSB newsfilm clip dated Saturday, September 25, 1967, a panel of seven Atlanta African American community leaders, including Georgia state senator Leroy Johnson, attorney Horace T. Ward, attorney William H. Alexander, and Reverend J. D. Grier answer questions about a petition that has recently been presented to the Atlanta Board of Education with regard to its delay in desegregating the city'sschools. Three members of the panel are unidentified.The clip, which is about six minutes long, begins with a shot of Georgia state senator Leroy Johnson explaining that the group of African American community leaders and civil rights activists who have banded together to protest the inaction of the Atlanta Board of Education in desegregating Atlanta schools have made a commitment to wait for the Board of Education's decision that upcoming Monday. After that date, he is not certain what will happen if the Board of Education decides against granting the demands listed in the petition. Atlanta attorney William H. Alexander adds that there is a consensus that, after Monday's deadline arrives, they are willing to use all of the power at their disposal to "resolve the issue," but will have to wait until Monday to respond to anything specific.A member of the audience then asks Senator Johnson if he thinks a protest movementmight come (the question is truncated by a break in the clip); Johnson replies that any protest movement in Atlanta will be a nonviolent movement, confirms that those opposed to the Board of Education may be...

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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia