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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
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Pickrick Drumstick signed by Lester Maddox
- Created by
- Maddox, Lester, American, 1915 - 2003
- Date
- ca. 1975
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- 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
- 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
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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
- 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