Eastland Recordings: Media Coverage

Two Episodies of the Television Program 'Citizens' Council Forum' with Guest U.S. Senator James O. Eastland

Other Form of Name

Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986

Identifier

eastland_16mm_48

Creation Date

1961

Document Type

Open Access Recording

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Description

Two episodes in which U.S. Senator James O. Eastland is a guest on the television program "Citizens' Council Forum.' Topics covered in the first episode include a recent Supreme Court decision on a Illinois case upholding the ability to sue local law enforcement officers for damages in federal court; a constitutional amendment on state censorship; 5-4 Supreme Court decisions; the questions a congressional committee may ask a witness; anti-subversion laws; opening of government files to criminals; and acquittal of communists. Topics discussed in the second episode include communist subversion; Fair Play for Cuba Committee; Latin American Conference for National Sovereignty, Emancipation, and Peace; Chicago Youth Congress; peace movement; Greater New York Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy; American Civil Liberties Committee; exploitation of unemployed; Soviet Union; and the American Legion.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; Citizens' Councils of America; Segregation; Civil rights; United States. Supreme Court; United States. Congress -- Committees; Subversive activities -- United States; Criminal law -- United States; Communists; Fair Play for Cuba Committee; Latin America; Chicago (Ill.); Peace movements -- United States; Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States; American Civil Liberties Union; Communist Party of the United States of America; American Legion;

Relational Format

video recording

Extent

24m01s

Original Format

16mm

Original Collection

James O. Eastland Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Rights

This media file is for personal and research use only. This file may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved. For publication and professional uses, please contact the Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi Libraries.

Comments

One A.M. 1 of 1 "Head Sen. Eastland #5039"

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