Year

1973 (circa)

Video Details

6:50; color; silent and sound; V-206 RW#10

Description

Gov. Reubin Askew makes a televised statement on bussing in the public school desegregation issue. President Jimmy Carter, while still governor of Georgia, speaks briefly on legislation to extend voting rights to 18-year-old citizens of Georgia. There is silent footage of the Florida Legislature in session. Jimmy Carter comments on civil rights issues, school desegregation and bussing in Georgia.

Geographic Subject

Tallahassee

Personal Subject

Askew, Reubin O'D., 1928-
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-

Subject

African Americans
Busing for school integration-Law and legislation
Civil rights
Civil rights movement
Discrimination
Governors-Florida
Integration
Politicians
Politics
Presidents-United States