- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips related to Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, 1973 and 1979
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
King, Martin Luther, 1899-1984
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Brown, James, 1933-2006 - Date of Original:
- 1973-01-13
- Subject:
- African Americans--Georgia--History--20th century
Holidays--Georgia
Holidays--Law and legislation--United States
First day covers (Philately)--United States
Governors--Georgia
Governors--Alabama
Legislators--United States--Interviews
Entertainers--Interviews
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Anniversaries, etc.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--On postage stamps
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009--Interviews
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Fauntroy, Walter E.
Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-2019
Kaufman, Monica
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990--Interviews
King, Martin Luther, 1899-1984--Interviews
Young, Andrew, 1932- --Interviews
Brown, James, 1933-2006--Interviews
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This is a series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips related to commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. through both a national holiday and with first day cover stamps. The holiday clips are from January 12, 1979 and January 15, 1973. The Martin Luther King Black Heritage Series stamps were first issued January 13, 1979.The clips open with a shot of a full page of the Martin Luther King Black Heritage Series stamps. There are several shots of people at post offices purchasing the stamps, women creating the first cover envelopes, and individual stamps.The next series of clips include Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, Coretta Scott King, and Congressman Walter E. Fauntroy at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, January 12, 1979. Senator Kennedy vows, as chairman of the Senate's Judiciary Committee, to work toward passing legislation for a national holiday commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. Beginning at approximately 3 minutes, Senator Kennedy is interviewed by an unidentified African American newswoman, possibly Monica Kaufman. She asks what difference he will make given that Michigan Congressman John Conyers had been proposing similar legislation since 1968.The next series of clips opens with Georgia governor Jimmy Carter sitting at a desk speaking on the telephone. Next he is reading a proclamation establishing that Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is an official state holiday, January 15, 1973. This clip is at approximately 3 minutes, 58 seconds until 4 minutes, 49 seconds.The next series of clips are interviews related to Governor Carter's proclamation. Martin Luther King, Sr. is interviewed by an unidentified African American newsman regarding (4 minutes, 54 seconds to five minutes, 51 seconds). This newsman interviews all of the following people. Entertainer James Brown comments that he is contacting various politicians and governors, including George Wallace (five minutes, 52 seconds to seven minutes, one second). Ralph Abernathy, national chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), commends governor Carter, but believes that there must be a movement for a national holiday. Next he is asked about a controversy between Coretta Scott King and Hosea Williams regarding some funding and the SCLC. (The Abernathy interview runs from approximately 7 minutes, 2 seconds to 9 minutes, 19 seconds.) Finally, newly elected Congressman Andrew Young comments on his appointment to the House Committee on Banking and Currency (9 minutes, 20 seconds to ten minutes). The clip ends with a shot of a blue curtain.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Supporting information was taken from the following sources: King, Wayne. "Kennedy to Seek a Holiday Marking Dr. King Birthday." New York Times, 13 Jan. 1979: 8. Web 1 July 2013; Johnston, Laurie. "City Plans Ceremonies to Mark Martin Luther King's Birthday." New York Times, 15 Jan. 1973: 32. Web 1 July 2013. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn38297
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn38297
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn38297
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn38297/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn38297, Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips related to Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, 1973 and 1979, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0055, 1:28/11:34, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 10 mins., 6 secs.): color, sound ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
