WSFA audiovisual item D047.0009

Kinescope footage of "Look There," a program produced by WSFA-TV and presented by news director Crawford Rice. In it, two prominent Montgomery citizens respond to Martin Luther King Jr.'s appearance on the NBC program "Look Here." Both men defend the city's segregationi...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/1257
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Summary:Kinescope footage of "Look There," a program produced by WSFA-TV and presented by news director Crawford Rice. In it, two prominent Montgomery citizens respond to Martin Luther King Jr.'s appearance on the NBC program "Look Here." Both men defend the city's segregationist policies and attitudes. Dr. Henry L. Lyon, minister of Highland Avenue Baptist Church speaks first, followed by Clyde C. Sellers, Montgomery's Commissioner of Public Affairs. ("Look There" was originally broadcast on November 3, 1957, immediately after WSFA aired a recording of "Look Here.")