Integration demonstrations at State House--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title Integration demonstrations at State House--outtakes News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 61-81 Sound or Silent Silent Contributing Institution University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital Collection Local Television Newsfilm Collections Collection Name WIS-TV News Collection Date 1961-03-02 Decade 1960 Temporal Coverage Filmed on March 2, 1961. Content Description African-American students from Benedict College, Allen University and other schools march on State House grounds. This demonstration led to the U. S. Supreme Court case, Edwards v. South Carolina. David Carter speaks to reporters prior to the march. Marchers lined up on Gervais Street begin the walk around the State House. Flanked by police officers, the march progresses around the State House. Among those shown on film is Reverend I. DeQuincey Newman. Final sequences show some of the protesters in the County jail. Geographic Location Columbia (S.C.) Subject Civil Rights. African American--History. Segregation. United States. Supreme Court--cases. Benedict College. South Carolina--History. Civil disobedience. Allen University. Hart, Frederick, 1943-1999. Keywords Newman, I. DeQuincy, 1911-1985. James Edwards David Carter State House Contributor Name WIS (Production unit) 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. Silent. B&W. Masterpositive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Silent. Acetate. Citation Integration demonstrations at State House--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 61-81.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. S.C. 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 00:55 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2013-03-04 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/