In search of a solution: civil rights, 1964 September 13

Item — Reel: 6a-b

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

a) In search of a solution to the civil rights crisis of 1964, the Public Affairs Department of RKO General Broadcasting interviewed twenty-six leaders of thought and action as part of a national symposium. Each of these leaders present their various ideas for resolving the civil rights crisis peacefully and justly. The twenty-six leaders interviewed include: Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Mr. A. N. Sonnabend, Senator Jacob Javits, Malcolm X, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Reverand Dan Potter, Gus Tyler, Will Maslow, George Wallace, Leo Perlis, Stanley Lowell, Judah Cahn, Roy Wilkens, Benjamin Epstein, Reverend Sturgis Riddle, John Slawson, Frank H. Karelsen, Max J. Rubin, Hyman Bookbinder, Representative John Lindsey, Senator Allan Ellendar, Senator Pat McNamara, Senator Thomas Dodd, Senator Clifford Case, Representative Emmanuel Celler, and Senator Kenneth Keating.

b) This Audiotape contains all of the opening and closing statements for the interviews conducted by Allan Moll.

Dates

1964 September 13

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Materials in English.

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