Year

1966

Video Details

4:34; b&w; sound; V-183 AA318; M89-17

Description

Sen. George Smathers suggests that the civil rights movement should purge its black militant factions, citing activist Stokely Carmichael specifically. He comments on James Meredith's demands for blacks to "take the law into their own hands" to enact change. The segment also deals briefly with the resurgence of hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party, which Smathers blames on the civil rights movement. Produced by the Senate Recording Studios.

Contributors

Senate Recording Studio

Corporate Subject

American Nazi Party
Ku Klux Klan

Geographic Subject

Florida
Washington (D.C.)

Personal Subject

Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998
Meredith, James, 1933-
Meredith, James, 1933-

Subject

African Americans
Civil rights
Civil rights activists
Civil rights movement
Desegregation
Integration
Politicians
Politics
White supremacist organizations