Summary

Dugger asks Silver to explain why he feels Mississippi is nearly a police state and is what Silver calls a closed society Silver explains why he came to this conclusion - he talks about how Mississippi does not participate in Society itself, and the majority of Whites agree on what he calls the official orthodoxy which in 1850's was slavery and which today is White Supremacy This is backed up by fundamentalism and religion He states that the citizens that don't go along with this are told to keep quiet and if they don't keep quiet they are threatened, run out of the state, and/or suffer violence

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Reel Summary At Issue: (Events and commentary on the current news) Episode #40 broadcast on NET NET - National Educational Television network Title: A Conversation with James W Silver Guests: James W Silver, Professor and Author; Ronnie Dugger, Editor The Texas Observer Original Broadcast Date: 7/6/1964 Description: Outside rainy day interview Professor James W Silver of the University of Mississippi one of the South’s most severe critics of segregation, will give his views on the racial crisis in Mississippi and the prospects for integration there Professor Silver came into the national spotlight two years ago when he defended the admission of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi He was verbally denounced by members of the state legislature and threatened with suspension “At Issue” camera teams traveled to Oxford, Mississippi to record a dialogue between Professor Silver and Ronnie Dugger, editor and general manager of the Texas Observer, a bi-weekly newspaper in Austin, Texas In his recent highly praised book “Mississippi: The Closed Society,” the controversial professor writes that the state has turned in upon itself and has built an invisible wall to protect itself from the ultimate changes underway outside of its border A southerner by adoption, Professor Silver has taught history at the University of Mississippi since 1936 “At Issue” is broadcast across the country on the National Educational Television network of 82 affiliated non-commercial stations Executive producer: Alvin Perlmutter Producer: Andrew Stern
Description Dugger asks Silver to explain why he feels Mississippi is nearly a police state and is what Silver calls a closed society Silver explains why he came to this conclusion - he talks about how Mississippi does not participate in Society itself, and the majority of Whites agree on what he calls the official orthodoxy which in 1850's was slavery and which today is White Supremacy This is backed up by fundamentalism and religion He states that the citizens that don't go along with this are told to keep quiet and if they don't keep quiet they are threatened, run out of the state, and/or suffer violence
Genre CIVIL RIGHTS
Color b&w
Year 1964
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