Agnes Hildebrand Wilson on student demonstrations--outtakes

Description: Transcript Item Description Title Agnes Hildebrand Wilson on student demonstrations--outtakes News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 69-5003 Sound or Silent Sound Contributing Institution University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital Collection Civil Rights Films from Moving Image Research Collections Collection Name WIS-TV News Collection Date 1969-04-28 Decade 1960 Coverage Temporal Filmed between April 28 and April 30, 1969. Description Agnes Hildebrand Wilson (Burgess) is interviewed about student demonstrations saying, "violence is against all that an educational institution stands for." She states that students should be allowed to protest peacefully and meaningfully. Responding to a question about how students should be reprimanded, she suggests a "positive approach" over reprimand. Wilson was the first African-American woman to be named South Carolina Teacher of the Year (1968), and was also named a National Honor Roll Teacher in late April 1969. Footage dated April 25-30, 1969. Remarks may possibly related to the student takeover of Voorhees College on April 28. Geographic Location South Carolina. Subjects Voorhees College. African American universities and colleges. Student movements. Burgess, Agnes, 1914-2012. Education. Student protesters. Creator Name WIS-TV (Production unit) Rights Copyright Moving Image Research Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208. Supported by Digitization supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Physical Format Film: 16mm. Sound. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Magnetic. Acetate. Citation Agnes Hildebrand Wilson on student demonstrations--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 69-5003.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. Time Period Civil Rights Era (1955-1969) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 01:44 Digitization Specifications High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation. Date Digital 2019-04-18 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/