Orangeburg student resolution--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title Orangeburg student resolution--outtakes News Story Number WLTX-TV News Story 388 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 WLTX-TV News Collection Date 1968-03-14 Decade 1960 Coverage Temporal Filmed on March 14, 1968. Description Reading clerk John Butler reads petition submitted by the South Carolina State College student body calling for reforms in wake of Orangeburg "riots" (Orangeburg Massacre) to the South Carolina Senate. The resolution requests an open hearing into the February 8, 1968 shooting, that the charges against students arrested in February and March be dropped, and support for the increased budget requested by S.C. State president, Dr. Maceo Nance. State Senator Marion Gressette (Calhoun) recommends petition be turned over to various committees for study. Motion is carried. Geographic Location Columbia (S.C.); Lexington County (S.C.) Subjects Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968. Sellers, Cleveland, 1944- South Carolina--Politics and government. South Carolina State University. South Carolina State House (Columbia, S.C.) South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate. Contributor Name WNOK 1512 Creator Name WNOK-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). Sound. Acetate. Citation Orangeburg student resolution--outtakes. (WLTX-TV News Story 388.) WLTX-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. SC County Richland County (S.C.); Lexington County (S.C.) Time Period Civil Rights Era (1955-1969) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 02:30 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 09/25/2017 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/