M58/MP_198001_M58_4311_ref.mov
*Film sponsored by Central Alabama Citizens' Council covering the Council's rally at coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama. Speeches by Georgia Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook and U.S. Senator James O. Eastland of Miss. The NAACP, school desegregation and civil rights are discussed. Also present at the rally are members of the Montgomery City Commission, Robert Patterson, founder of the White Citizens' Council, and Alabama State Sen. Sam Engelhardt. Approximately 15,000 are attending the rally.
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*Film sponsored by Central Alabama Citizens' Council covering the Council's rally at coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama. Speeches by Georgia Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook and U.S. Senator James O. Eastland of Miss. The NAACP, school desegregation and civil rights are discussed. Also present at the rally are members of the Montgomery City Commission, Robert Patterson, founder of the White Citizens' Council, and Alabama State Sen. Sam Engelhardt. Approximately 15,000 are attending the rally.
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- Event: Central Alabama Citizens' Council
- Date: 02/10/56
- Description: *Film sponsored by Central Alabama Citizens' Council covering the Council's rally at coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama. Speeches by Georgia Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook and U.S. Senator James O. Eastland of Miss. The NAACP, school desegregation and civil rights are discussed. Also present at the rally are members of the Montgomery City Commission, Robert Patterson, founder of the White Citizens' Council, and Alabama State Sen. Sam Engelhardt. Approximately 15,000 are attending the rally.
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- Filename: MP_198001_M58_4311_ref.mov