Year

1980-05-22

Video Details

8:30; color; sound, V-239 BA333; S.1239

Description

The Rev. Hudson of Bethel Baptist Church in Tallahassee discusses the role that church life played in the struggle for desegregation. He comments that the church was the integral element in unifying all the disparate organizations in the civil rights movement and adds additional thoughts on the role of prominent leaders in those organizations. Produced by WFSU-TV.

Contributors

WFSU-TV

Corporate Subject

Bethel Baptist Church (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Tallahassee Bus Boycott (1956-1958)

Geographic Subject

Tallahassee

Personal Subject

Steele, Charles Kenzie, 1914-1980

Subject

African American history
Civil rights
Civil rights activists
Civil rights movements
Florida-History-20th century
Integration
Segregation