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The New South
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Item Title The New South
Guest McKeithen, John J. (John Julian) (1918-1999)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedApril 23, 1970
Description

Supreme Court decisions of recent years had led to massive busing-and massive resistance, in terms of "white flight" and refusal to support school bonds. Governor McKeithen, as WFB puts it, "argues ... not the virtues of compulsory segregation, but the necessity of accepting de facto segregation.... [He] persuaded the legislature to pass a law in every way identical to a law passed in New York State in 1969, even, as Governor McKeithen likes to point out, to the point of duplicating a grammatical mistake in that law, in order to dramatize that he doesn't want anything more than what New Yorkers are treating themselves to." Integrationists had impugned Governor McKeithen's motives; on this show he argues, with much supporting detail, "I think it's going to take time. I think eventually, eventually the predominant Negro school, the predominant white school, I think will come to an end in this country. But I don't think we should force children ... into something that their parents won't do themselves."

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Country of Origin
Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 50 minutes
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram 200
Record Number80040.200
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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