Conyers on causes of unrest--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title Conyers on causes of unrest--outtakes News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 67-1569 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 1967-12-07 Decade 1960 Coverage Temporal Filmed on December 7, 1967. Description Exterior; day: medium shot and closeup of Representative John Conyers (Democratic congressman from Michigan). Reverend I. DeQuincey Newman and Oscar Butler[?] in background. Matthew J. Perry, James Felder, and Hayes Mizell are also briefly visible. Conyers states the Detroit riots and handling of them are indicative of inadequate action taken to solve the major problems of poverty and unemployment in the Black community. Speaks of growing resentment towards inequities of "two system society." Fears riots likely to spread throughout country, and says no single political party has a "monopoly on helping bring the Negro citizen into his full political potential." Geographic Location Columbia (S.C.) Subjects Conyers, John, Jr., 1929- Newman, I. DeQuincy, 1911-1985. United States. Office of Economic Opportunity. Unemployment. Race relations. 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. Physical Format Film: 16mm. Sound. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Magnetic. Acetate. Citation Conyers on causes of unrest--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 67-1569.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. SC County Richland County (S.C.) Time Period Civil Rights Era (1955-1969) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 04:00 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2020-09-24 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/