Rock Hill integration demonstrations--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title Rock Hill integration demonstrations--outtakes News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 61-60 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 1961-02-10 Decade 1960 Temporal Coverage Filmed on February 10, 1961. Content Description Demonstrators march in front of "Woolworth" store. Protesters carry signs with messages including "This is the land of the free and the home of the brave," "Segregation is America's shame," and "Please be a good American. Don't buy discrimination here." This demonstration followed the arrest of the "Friendship Nine" and one other student, all from Friendship Junior College, for attempting to order food at the segregated lunch counter at McCrory's. Geographic Location Rock Hill (S.C.) Subject Civil rights. Civil rights movement. Demonstrations. Friendship Nine (Activists' Group) Friendship Junior College (Rock Hill, S.C.) Segregation. 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. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Silent. Acetate. Citation Rock Hill integration demonstrations--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 61-60.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. S.C. County York County (S.C.) Time Period Civil Rights Era (1955-1969) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 00:34 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2016-02-26 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/