Thurmond on CORE voter registration activities--handout

Item Description
Title
Thurmond on CORE voter registration activities--handout

News Story Number
WBTW-TV News Story 4677

Sound or Silent
Sound

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WBTW-TV News Collection


Date
1965-04

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Probably filmed in April 1965.

Content Description
Interior: closeup Republican Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina) speaks out against a voter registration effort by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Claims that James Farmer, leader of CORE, intends to register voters and defeat Thurmond in the coming election.

Geographic Location
United States.


Subject
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003.
Congress of Racial Equality.
Voter registration--United States.
Civil rights.
Elections--United States.
Voting.
Racism.
Farmer, James, 1920-1999.


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.

Donor
Cecil Chandler


Physical Format
Film: 16mm. Sound. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Variable-area optical. Acetate.

Citation
Thurmond on CORE voter registration activities--handout. (WBTW-TV News Story 4677.) WBTW-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

Time Period
Civil Rights Era (1955-1969)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
01:01

Digitization Specifications
This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original.

Date Digital
2020-06-03

Language
English

Website
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/