Year

1970 (circa)

Video Details

8:53; color; sound and silent; V-186 BA231; S.1239

Description

This work film contains segments featuring a variety of protest demonstrations. Viewers see: a picket line of African-Americans protesting poor housing conditions at Tallahassee's City Hall; a "Stop ERA" rally flooding the Capitol steps and grounds; lines of tractors filling the highway on their way to the Capitol; students participating in an "Anti-Iran" demonstration on the Florida State University campus; a "No Death-Penalty" sit-in occupying the park in front of the Governor's Mansion; and demonstrators protesting the Crystal Springs Nuclear Plant at the new Capitol Building. The segment ends with footage of a large group of African-Americans assembled outside a Tallahassee municipal building with protest signs. Produced by WFSU-TV.

Contributors

WFSU-TV
Tallahassee (Fla.)

Corporate Subject

Equal Rights Act
Florida State Capitol (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Florida State University (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Tallahassee

Subject

African Americans
Capital punishment
Death penalty
Demonstrations
Nuclear power
Politics
Protesters
Protests