Thurmond on the proposed Civil Rights Act--handout

Description: 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 Civil Rights Films from Moving Image Research Collections Collection Name WIS-TV News Collection Date 1964-02-24 Decade 1960 Coverage Temporal Filmed on February 24, 1964. 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. Subjects Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003. United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964. Civil rights--Law and legislation. Civil rights--United States. 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--outtakes--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 05/27/2016 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/