Television news of the civil rights era
| Creator | University of Virginia |
| Description | News of the Civil Rights Era, 1950-1970, is a digitization project that aims to collect, digitize, and present in streaming video format over the World Wide Web television news footage from the Civil Rights Era. |
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| Date from | 1950 |
| Date to | 1970 |
| Geographic school | Virginia |
| Size | circa 230 digitized video recordings; transcripts; manuscripts |
| Access restrictions yes/no | |
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| Part Of larger collection yes/no | |
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| URL | http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/civilrightstv/ |
| Repository | Virginia Center for Digital History |
| Repository address | Taylor Room, Alderman Library, P.O. Box 400116, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4116 |
| Repository contact name | Scot French |
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| Repository contact email | saf5g@virginia.edu |
| Repository contact phone | (434) 924-4777 |
| DoveRegion | region7 |
| Subjects | o Civil rights movements
o Civil rights movements–Southern States o Civil rights movements–Press coverage o Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 o King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 o Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 o Roanoke River Valley (Va. and N.C.) o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Virginia–Politics and government o Television broadcasting |
| Types | o Interviews
o Manuscripts o Sound recordings o Transcripts |