Payton on student protest motivations in Orangeburg--outtakes

Description: Transcript Item Description Title Payton on student protest motivations in Orangeburg--outtakes News Story Number WLTX-TV News Story 375 Sound or Silent Sound Contributing Institution University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital Collection Local Television Newsfilm Collections Collection Name WLTX-TV News Collection Date 1968 Decade 1960 Temporal Coverage Filmed in 1968. Content Description Dr. Benjamin F. Payton, President of Benedict College, speaks to service club about situation in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Dr. Payton states that white Americans have the same responsibility to insist that rights of all American citizens are protected. Says that students in Orangeburg were demanding that the laws be enforced, that African-Americans be treated as full citizens, and that there be responsible black leadership. Geographic Location Columbia (S.C.) Subject Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968. South Carolina State College. South Carolina State University. Demonstrations. Civil rights. Segregation. Payton, Benjamin Franklin, 1932-2016. Contributor Name WNOK 1491 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). Sound. Acetate. Citation Payton on student protest motivations in Orangeburg--outtakes. (WLTX-TV News Story 375.) WLTX-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. S.C. 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 02:43 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2017-10-06 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/