WSFA audiovisual item D137.0108

The following segments are included: 0:00:01: George Wallace addressing an audience at the University of California in Los Angeles in January 1964. In the speech, he expresses his opposition to the pending Civil Rights Bill of 1964. (This footage was shot for the "Wallace in the West" doc...

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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/1280
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Summary:The following segments are included: 0:00:01: George Wallace addressing an audience at the University of California in Los Angeles in January 1964. In the speech, he expresses his opposition to the pending Civil Rights Bill of 1964. (This footage was shot for the "Wallace in the West" documentary produced by Jack Venable of WSFA-TV. For additional scenes from the film, see https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/wsfa/id/1245.) 0:01:56: Charles Caton of WSFA-TV interviewing George Wallace at the airport in Montgomery, as he prepares to leave for Washington D.C. on February 7, 1968. (While in Washington on February 8, Wallace announced his candidacy for president as a member of the American Independent Party.)