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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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