WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_D172_0308_ref.mov Miss. Economic Council Conference Miss. Economic Council Conference. Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan speaks. Dr. James Hardy from the Univ. Medical Ctr. and singer Bobbie Gentry also speak.
MP_198001_D173_0309_ref.mov Dr. Porter Lee Fortune Inauguration of Dr. Porter Lee Fortune as Chancellor of the Univ. of Miss. Additional: College Presidents
MP_198001_D174_0310_ref.mov Arts Festival Reporter interviews various people involved in the Arts Festival. Gov. John Bell Williams is shown the facility for the festival.
MP_198001_D175_0311_ref.mov Drug Abuse Reporter discusses drugs and high school students in Jackson. He interviews several school officials concerning drugs. Additional: drug abuse, marijuana
MP_198001_D176_0312_ref.mov Turnkey Housing Project Turnkey Housing Development shown in Harrison County. Additional: Miss. Regional Housing Authority, Housing
MP_198001_D177_0313_ref.mov Democratic Reform Committee *Democratic Reform Committee Meeting with Charles Evers, Aaron Henry, Senator Birch Bayh and Fannie Lou Hamer. Additional: Democratic Party
MP_198001_D178_0314_ref.mov Dr. Kirby Walker Interview Reporter interviews Dr. Kirby Walker, Superintendent of Jackson Public Schools. Scene changes to Mayor Allen C. Thompson and others addressing a large audience. This segment is silent - possibly ceremony honoring Walker who retires in July.
MP_198001_D179_0315_ref.mov William F. Buckley, Jr. Reporter interviews William F. Buckley, Jr.
MP_198001_D180_0316_ref.mov Hubert H. Humphrey News Conference News Conference with Hubert H. Humphrey. Additional: Democratic Party, Loyalist Democratic Party
MP_198001_D18_0867_ref.mov Circuit Clerk Office/Higgs Circuit Clerk office shown. Office of Atty. William Higgs shown. Barnett Building. Men load boxes into moving van. (Possibly move of Higgs from Barnett Building)
MP_198001_D18_0868_ref.mov Miss. Teachers Assoc. Possibly Miss. Teachers Assoc. meeting at Jackson State College.
MP_198001_D18_0869_ref.mov Municipal Public Library *Black students from Tougaloo Southern Christian College are taken to police car after arrested for attempting to integrate library. Additional: Libraries, Segregated Facilities
MP_198001_D18_0870_ref.mov Abernathy/King/Freedom Riders *Unidentified man. Scene changes to Dr. Ralph Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bernard Lee walking across the street. (possibly to the Masonic Temple) Scene changes to Attorney William Kuntsler, attorney for the Freedom Riders. (smoking a cigarette) People arriving at courthouse for arraignment of Freedom Riders.
MP_198001_D18_0871_ref.mov Epsicopal Clergy Released on Bond *Episcopal clergy and others enter municipal building. News conference after release on bond from Jackson jail. Scene changes to Rev. I.S. Sanders, Rev. T.B. Brown and E.A. Mays. Episcopal clergy arrested when they tried to eat together in a bus station restaurant in Jackson. Convicted on breach of peace charges. Rev. Robert L. Pierson may be the priest reading a statement to reporters outside of the municipal building. Additional: Segregated Facilities
MP_198001_D18_0872_ref.mov Miss. State Fair *Miss. State Fair. Police arrest blacks. One of the arrested is Robert Honeysucker. Rev. Eddie O'Neil is shown talking to police. Jackson Police Captain J.L. Ray and Medgar Evers are shown talking to one another.
MP_198001_D18_0873_ref.mov Civil Rights Hearing/Freedom Riders *Possibly Civil Rights Advisory Board hearing. (Dec. 1961) Among those at the hearing are Dr. A.B. Beittel, Medgar Evers, William Higgs, Tom Johnson, Dr. A.B. Britton and Rev. Murray Cox. Scene changes to Beittel with the Freedom Riders at the courthouse in Jackson. This is for the arraignment of the Freedom Riders. Rev. C.T. Vivian and James Bevel are shown walking up steps of the courthouse.
MP_198001_D18_0874_ref.mov Miss. Teachers Assco. Meeting Possibly Miss. Teachers Assoc. meeting at Jackson State College.
MP_198001_D18_0875_ref.mov Episcopal Clergy *Episcopal clergy arrive at City Hall. (possibly to see Judge Russell Moore concerning Freedom Riders) Jack Travis is shown leaving the building. Clergy leave building. Scene changes to room with clergy and Travis. Attorney Jess Brown shown leaving building with others.
MP_198001_D18_0876_ref.mov Miss. Labor Council Heidelberg Hotel. Miss. Labor Council Convention. Unidentified male speaker. Tom Knight is seated next to podium. Francis Perkins addresses audience. Claude Ramsay is seated on platform. Scene changes to Diane Nash Bevel. (Unidentified location)
MP_198001_D18_0877_ref.mov Thompson, Burke, Travis, Marshall Mayor Allen C. Thompson, Marshall Burke, Assist. U.S. Attorney Gen., Jack Travis, City Commissioner Tom Marshall and others at unidentified meeting in City Hall.
MP_198001_D18_0878_ref.mov Medgar Evers *Medgar Evers seated at his desk. (possibly announcing school integration attempt in Jackson Public Schools)
MP_198001_D18_0879_ref.mov Rev. Ashton Jones *Rev. Ashton Jones is shown praying on steps of Hinds County Courthouse. Jones is shown talking with Sheriff Bob Gilfoy.
MP_198001_D18_0880_ref.mov Capitol Street Boycott *Police Captain Cecil Hathaway arrests John Salter and Eldri Salter. Others arrested include Ron Mitchell, Walter Mitchell, Charles Bracy and Dorie Ladner. Additional: Boycotts, Demonstrations
MP_198001_D18_0881_ref.mov Voter Registration Records *Possibly U.S. Justice Dept. officials inspecting voter registration records of Hinds County. Attorney William Higgs shown talking on the telephone.
MP_198001_D18_0882_ref.mov Miss. Teachers Assoc. College Park Auditorium. Miss. Teachers Assoc. meeting.
MP_198001_D18_0883_ref.mov Capitol Street Boycott *Demonstrators on Capitol Street regarding Capitol Street boycott. Newsmen take pictures. Among the students arrested are Austin C. Moore, III (wearing plaid jacket) and Jimmy Armstrong. Two black Tougaloo Southern Christian College students stand nearby on sidewalk. (the one wearing white shirt is Israel Robinson - they served as 'spotters' for the demonstration) Additional: Demonstrations, Boycotts
MP_198001_D18_0884_ref.mov House Unidentified man photographs a house. (possibly birthplace of James Meredith near Kosciusko, Miss.) Second house is unidentified.
MP_198001_D18_0885_ref.mov Jackson Police *Dr. Jacob Reddix, President of Jackson State College and possibly a Jackson State faculty member. Scene changes to office of Mayor Allen C. Thompson. Swearing in ceremony of black city policemen. (August 8) Additional: Law Enforcement Officials, Jackson Police Dept.
MP_198001_D18_0886_ref.mov Police Brutality Hearings *Police Brutality hearings by the Civil Rights Advisory Board. Participants include Jane Schutt, Tom Johnson, Rev. R.L.T. Smith, Dr. A.D. Beittel and Dr. A.B. Britton.
MP_198001_D18_0887_ref.mov Freedom Vote *Aaron Henry, Rev. Ed King and Charles Evers. (possibly news conference concerning Freedom Vote) Robert Moses and Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth are shown.