Thurmond on the proposed Civil Rights Act--handout

Transcript
Item Description
Title
Thurmond on the proposed Civil Rights Act--handout

News Story Number
WIS-TV News Story 64-193

Sound or Silent
Sound

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WIS-TV News Collection


Date
1964-02-24

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Filmed on February 24, 1964.

Content Description
Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina) speaks about proposed civil rights legislation. Thurmond describes the bill as "obnoxious, power-grab legislation." Thurmond states that he and a "small band of Southern senators" will oppose the bill with "everything we have." The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964.

Geographic Location
United States.


Subject
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003.
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Civil rights--Law and legislation.
Civil rights--United States.


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. Positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Variable-area optical. Acetate.

Citation
Thurmond on the proposed Civil Rights Act--handout. (WIS-TV News Story 64-193.) WIS-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
01:08

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

Date Digital
2016-05-27

Language
English

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