Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio) 22 million Negroes in US; 9% of Negro population may sit this election out.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

(Studio) More conservative Negro leadership asserts itself due to George Wallace candidacy to get out the vote.
REPORTER: Mal Goode

(No Location Given) [Reverend Ralph ABERNATHY - says nothing to gain by black boycott. Black and poor vote can determine next president]
REPORTER: No reporter given

(NYC) NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) takes to sts. to get out Negro vote against Wallace.
REPORTER: Mal Goode

(Chicago, Illinois) Negroes flock to political rallies. Hubert Humphrey only major candidate to campaign in ghettos. Felt Vice President to get 85% Negro vote.
REPORTER: Mal Goode

(Church Hill, Mississippi) Pol. mtqs. held in South [NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Director Mississippi Charles EVERS - says 98% Negroes in area registered. To vote in all elections.] Evers took over where murdered brother, Medgar, left off. [EVERS - cites registration progress. Militants are a joke; haven't done anything. Let's reject racism.] Congregations will be reminded when and how to vote.
REPORTER: Mal Goode

(NYC) [Reverend Wyatt WALKER - supports Vice President Humphrey for President Says his pols. based on ntlism. Will be for whatever helps Negroes.] 2 million more blacks registered than in 1964. Big Negro vote could make difference in election.
REPORTER: Mal Goode

(Studio) Most Negroes feel Johnson administration did more for civil rights than all President Black vote alienated against Republicans and George Wallace.
REPORTER: Mal Goode