A film looking at the news men who reported on the Civil rights movement. The film consists of archival footage and interviews with some of the key reporters, including Haynes Johnson of the Washington Star who won a Pulitzer prize for his coverage of the 1965 Montgomery to Selma march, John Chancellor, Charles Quinn, and Richard Valeriani of NBC, Newsweek's Karl Flemming; Jack Nelson of the Los Angelese Times; Richard Stolley of Life and Washington Post reporter Robert Baker. These were early days of tv news reporting and these newsmen reflect on learning this new skill while often placing themselves in considerable danger.

This film not only touches on some of the main issues of the civil rights movement, but also the importance of the freedom of the press and free speech which played such a significant role in the movement.

©1988 Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, in cooperation with the University of Mississippi

V1051...$60.00