WLBT Newsfilm Collection

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Filename Event Description
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.
MP_198001_D18_0888_ref.mov Beittel,Bunche, Borinski, Briggs *Dr. A.D. Beittel, Dr. Ralph Bunche, Dr. Ernst Borinski, and Henry Briggs shown walking to car at airport. Bunche is in town to deliver speech at Tougaloo College for United Nations Day.
MP_198001_D181_0317_ref.mov Hubert H. Humphrey Speech *Hubert H. Humphrey Speech. Discusses the Democratic Party, Voter Registration and the Voting Rights Act. Charles Evers is shown.
MP_198001_D182_0318_ref.mov Surprise Party for Mayor Surprise Party for retiring Mayor Allen C. Thompson.
MP_198001_D183_0319_ref.mov Roy Wilkins News Conference *News conference with Roy Wilkins of the NAACP. Discusses the Nixon Administration and desegregation.
MP_198001_D184_0320_ref.mov City Council/ NAACP Convention *City Council Meeting with Mayor Allen C. Thompson. Scene changes to NAACP Convention. Clarence Mitchell is shown.
MP_198001_D185_0321_ref.mov NAACP Convention *NAACP Convention. Speeches by Bishop Stephen Spottswood and Aaron Henry. Myrlie Evers, Kivie Kaplan and Roy Wilkins are shown.
MP_198001_D186_0322_ref.mov NAACP Convention *NAACP Convention. Speech by Clarence Mitchell, Director of Washington Bureau of NAACP.
MP_198001_D187_0323_ref.mov NAACP Convention *NAACP Convention. Speech by Roy Wilkins, Director of NAACP.
MP_198001_D188_0324_ref.mov NAACP Convention *NAACP Convention. Memorial Service for slain Civil Rights worker, Medgar Evers. Speech by Evers' wife, Myrlie. Scene changes to Evers' home where reporter recounts the assassination. Back to memorial service and unveiling of memorial to Medgar Evers. Kivie Kaplan, Claire Collins, Charles Evers and Bishop Robinson are shown.
MP_198001_D189_0325_ref.mov City Council Swearing In Ceremony City Hall. Swearing In Ceremony of City Council - Mayor Russell Davis and Commissioners Ed Cates and Tom Kelly. Judge Leon F. Hendrick administers the oath of office.
MP_198001_D190_0326_ref.mov Housing in Jackson Reporter discusses housing conditions in Jackson. Houses in the city are shown. Additional: Poverty
MP_198001_D19_0889_ref.mov Thompson Meeting with Clergy *Black clergy leave City Hall. Among group attending meeting are Dean Charles Jones, Rev. R.L.T. Smith and Rev. Allen Johnson. Inside, Mayor Allen C. Thompson talks on telephone.