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Title
Television
News
of the
Civil
Rights
Era
View collection at
http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/civilrightstv/index.html
Description
News
footage
from
two
local
television
stations
in
Roanoke
,
Virginia
.
Footage
from
1959
offers
perspectives
on
school
integration
from
African
American
students
,
white
students
, a
veteran
teacher
. and
Vivian
Carter
Mason
(a
founder
of the
Women's
Council
for
Interracial
Cooperation)
. The
collection
also
includes
footage
of the
1967
protest
against
the The
Roanoke
Times
and the
Roanoke
World
News
for not
publishing
black
wedding
and
engagement
announcements
. In
oral
history
interviews
,
Edwilda
Allen
Isaac
and her
mother
,
Vera
Jones
Allen
,
offer
their
unique
perspectives
regarding
the
student
strike
of
1951
in
Prince
Edward
County
.
Creator
Thomas, William G.
Subject
Civil rights movements
Race relations
School integration
Place
United States -- Virginia
Time Period
1950-1959
1960-1969
Publisher
William G. Thomas, III and Rector and Board of Visitors, University of Virginia.
Primary Sources
Government documents
Historic film
Oral history interviews
Speeches
Television programs
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