WSFA audiovisual item D150.0002

The following segments are included: 0:00:01: Melba Till Allen discussing the results of the recent Democratic primary during a press conference on May 5, 1972. Allen had been a candidate for U.S. Senate, but she lost to incumbent John Sparkman, who garnered over 50 percent of the vote during the...

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/1320
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Summary:The following segments are included: 0:00:01: Melba Till Allen discussing the results of the recent Democratic primary during a press conference on May 5, 1972. Allen had been a candidate for U.S. Senate, but she lost to incumbent John Sparkman, who garnered over 50 percent of the vote during the election that was held on May 2. Though she suggested she would call for a recount (in the hopes of necessitating a runoff), she ultimately accepted the outcome of the primary. 0:02:10: April, 1967 Governor Lurleen Wallace meeting with other southern governors in Montgomery, Alabama, on April 17, 1967. Governors Lester Maddox of Georgia, Paul Johnson of Mississippi, of John McKeithen Louisiana visited Wallace at the Governor's Mansion and in her office at the Capitol, where they discussed recent federal court orders on school desegregation. Former governor George Wallace and Seymore Trammel were also in attendance. 0:07:02: Press conference held on November 10, 1975, to announce an upcoming 20th anniversary celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Among those present are Ralph Abernathy, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Johnnie Carr, Andrew Young, and Fred Gray. (Randall Williams is seated with other reporters on the front row.) A shot of a poster advertising the commemorative event (which took place December 5 through 7, 1975) is also included. 0:08:46: Birthday party honoring Fred Gray at the Holiday Inn in Tuskegee, Alabama, on December 14, 1973. Rosa Parks attended the event, though the footage of her speaking is silent. 0:10:42: -Rosa Parks, Mayor Johnny Ford, Fred Gray, and others speaking on a panel at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery on December 14, 1973. The same day, Parks and Gray also visited with Governor George Wallace at the Capitol. (Parks had returned to Alabama to attend Gray's 43rd birthday party in Tuskegee.)