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  • Julian Bond (Black Journal segment)

    Produced by
    National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970
    Subject of
    Representative Julian Bond, American, 1940 - 2015
    O'Dwyer, Paul, American, 1907 - 1998
    Maddox, Lester, American, 1915 - 2003
    Date
    1969
    Medium
    acetate film
    Dimensions
    Duration: 11 Minutes
    Length (Film): 420 Feet
    Title
    16mm motion picture film of Julian Bond
    Caption
    This 16mm film is a short documentary produced for the National Educational Television program Black Journal. It examines the promising political career of civil rights activist and then member of the Georgia State Legislature, Julian Bond.
    Description
    This 16mm color film is a short documentary produced for the Black Journal television program on the early and promising political career of Julian Bond; a civil rights activist and then member of the Georgia State Legislature. In this short film, Julian Bond discusses his constituents and political conflicts and goals as a black activist.
    The film begins with the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where Democrats announced their nomination of Julian Bond for Vice President of the United States. The narrator then begins to describe who Julian Bond is and how he started his political career as a civil rights activist, and later shifting his efforts to the political arena. Julian Bond discusses why he got involved in politics and how he hopes to use it to implement some of the changes he advocated for during his years as an activist. As a young and popular politician, he is in high demand and travels to New York to campaign on behalf of New York State Senatorial candidate Paul O'Dwyer. In New York, he engages in a light debate with an African American bystander who questions why he would campaign on behalf of a Ccaucasian politician that he believes is focused on black rights and progress. Another clip from the 1968 Democratic National Convention plays, in which Bond mentions Lester Maddox. An interview with Bond inside of a moving car follows. Julian Bond discusses the economic and social demographic of his constituents, as well as his options for effectively creating change from within the political system. He also discusses his opinions on segregation and integration, and the pros and cons of each regarding specific things like public education and black owned businesses. The films ends with the narrator asking whether or not Julian Bond can continue to express the will of black America while still attracting support from white America.
    Place filmed
    New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Pearl Bowser Collection
    Portfolio/Series
    Black Journal segment
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    16mm (photographic film size)
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Education
    Film
    Politics
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Television
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser
    Object number
    2012.79.1.99.1a
    Restrictions & Rights
    © National Educational Television
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55238b40d-c136-4de5-9333-e4cc622296f8
  • Pickrick Drumstick signed by Lester Maddox

    Created by
    Maddox, Lester, American, 1915 - 2003
    Date
    ca. 1975
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    wood
    Dimensions
    36 x 2 x 3 in. (91.4 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm)
    Caption
    Lester Maddox (1915-2003) was a restaurant owner in Atlanta with an interest in politics, having first run for mayor in 1957. His restaurant, the Pickrick Cafeteria, featured a dozen axe handles ("Pickrick Drumsticks," he called them) displayed by the front door. After passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawing segregation in public accommodations, Maddox continued to refuse to serve African Americans, running an initial group of protestors off with a pistol while his son and some customers and employees brandished the axe handles. The image became a favorite of segregationists and Maddox took to selling axe handles and other "state’s rights" souvenirs, a practice he continued from 1964 to at least the late 1980s.
    Maddox sold his restaurant in 1965 and entered Georgia politics full time, serving as governor (1967-1971) and then lieutenant governor (1971-75).
    Description
    A Pickrick Drumstick signed by Lester Maddox. The wooden axe handle has printed type in blue ink that reads: [LESTER MADDOX'S / PICKRICK DRUMSTICK]. Next to the printing is the signature [Lester Maddox] in black ink.
    Lester Maddox's Pickrick Drumstick from his 1966 political campaign for Governor of Georgia. Signed "Good luck to Ray/Lester Maddox 1-25-75". Maddox would use ax handles like this one to threaten and assault Civil Rights activists attempting to integrate his restaurant.
    Place used
    Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Agricultural
    Tools and Equipment-Weapons and ammunition
    Type
    handles
    Topic
    American South
    Civil rights
    Politics
    Race discrimination
    Segregation
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michael Donnelly
    Object number
    2011.123
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a1590f88-222a-4312-baed-7540e367251b
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    Pickrick Drumstick signed by Lester Maddox

    Created by
    Maddox, Lester, American, 1915 - 2003
    Date
    ca. 1964
    Medium
    wood
    Dimensions
    36 x 2 x 3 in. (91.4 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm)
    Description
    A Pickrick Drumstick signed by Lester Maddox. The wooden stick has printed type in blue ink that reads: [LESTER MADDOX'S / PICKRICK DRUMSTICK]. A note written to Media Access Project by hand in black ink is featured on one side of the object.
    Place used
    Pickrick Cafeteria, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Agricultural
    Tools and Equipment-Weapons and ammunition
    Type
    handles
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Race discrimination
    Segregation
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert B. Rackleff
    Object number
    2011.22
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50a887eb8-2708-430f-aab8-601409fe5e1b
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