Nightline (ABC) from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Monday, Aug 28, 1989

Title: Nightline

Abstract:	Live discussion re: the impact of recent Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action programs in Birmingham, Alabama with Forrest Sawyer (ABC), Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington, Terry Eastland of the National Legal Center for the Public Interest, and US Civil Rights Commission member Mary Frances Berry; taped excerpt of speech by NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Hooks; taped segment with John Martin (ABC), Birmingham Firefighters Association President Charles Brush, Carl Cook of the Black Firefighters Association, Arrington, Ralph Neas of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Attorney Ray Fitzpatrick, and Attorney David Vann.
Begin Time:	11:53:00 pm
End Time:	12:23:00 am
TVN Record Number:	646518
Copyright:	Abstract and Metadata (c) 1989-2009 Vanderbilt University
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