Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

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English
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alabamacivil rightsjohn f. kennedyracial segregationintegrationoval officeracismuniversitycinéma véritédirect cinema
Production countries
USUS
Origin countries
USUS
Language
EN
Spoken
English
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N/A
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N/A
alabamacivil rightsjohn f. kennedyracial segregationintegrationoval officeracismuniversitycinéma véritédirect cinema

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment 18

Released 21 Oct, 1963 52min
 

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment 18

Released 21 Oct, 1963 52min
 

Directed by Robert Drew, Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker see more

During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F. Kennedy, attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, Alabama governor George Wallace, deputy attorney general Nicholas Katzenbach and the students Vivian Malone and James Hood. As Wallace has promised to personally block the two black students from enrolling in the university, the JFK administration discusses the best way... see more

Directed by Robert Drew, Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker see more

During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F. Kennedy, attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, Alabama governor George Wallace, deputy attorney general Nicholas Katzenbach and the students Vivian Malone and James Hood. As Wallace has promised to personally block the two black students from enrolling in the university, the JFK administration discusses the best way... see more
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