Introduction:
-1950: Slavery had been outlawed
-Southerners were still trying hard to give African Americans little to no rights
-1954: “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal” (Streitmatter 174).
-Television News advertised the Civil Rights Movement
-New York Times, Boston Globe, CBS news all advertised the Civil Rights Movement
The First Great T.V news story:
-Civil Rights Movement was the first greatest television news story
- Southerners didn’t want journalists reporting on the story
-Still documented the story anyway
Breaking Barriers at the University of Georgia:
-1961 John F. Kennedy became president
-John F. Kennedy was a democratic leader and many African Americans hoped for justice
-Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were the first black students admitted to the University of Georgia
-Charlayne later made her mark on journalism as a Public broadcaster
-This admission caused a serious riot!
Riding the Bus for Freedom:
-“Freedom Riders” (180)
- T.V’s next hit story! (NBC)
-Attacked the students in Montgomery
Defying the Power Structure in Birmingham:
-3,000 black men, women, and children were seriously attacked in Birmingham
- Cameras were all over the scene
- Viewers saw images they would never forget
-Blacks were ignored everywhere (restaurants, stores, buses, separate bathrooms
- Main speaker of the day was Martin Luther King Jr.
-Still didn’t stop blacks from protesting
-African American children marched the streets of Birmingham
-Connors didn’t give up though and had brought ferocious dogs to attack the children
- The children were terrified! (who wouldn’t be!)
- The parents threw stones and bottles at the nasty police men
-The images were all over the T.V screens
-After seeing the images on T.V, President Kennedy sent a Justice Department official to Birmingham to act as a mediator between city officials
-Finally let blacks to shop at city stores and eat at restaurants
Marching on Washington:
-Protest in Washington
-CBS carried speeches live for 3 hours
- Main speaker of the day was Martin Luther King Jr. -NBC produced “The American Revolution of ‘63” (185)
-NBC aired the 3 hour program
Back to Birmingham:
-KKK ignited a bomb at Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
-T.V crews rushed back to Birmingham to show the catastrophe
Seeking Voting Rights in Selma:
-1964 Blacks being denied to vote
-Martin Luther King Jr. took a stand!
-The T.V crews were there as well
-March from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery
-March 7, 1965 600 men and women started the march
-Officers began beating them
- T.V images captured the moments
-“Bloody Sunday” (189)
-Many Americans all over the world marched to show their support to the African Americans
Television Images Nourish a Social Revolution:
-Civil Rights Act of 1964 established equal employment opportunity
-Voting Right of 1965 banned all barriers in the rights to vote
-Television had made a big impact on changing the minds of Americans
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