I. Transcripts, 1964-1976

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2 box(es) and (.75 linear foot)

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This series is organized into three subseries: A. Richard Russell, Georgia Giant, B. Speeches, and C. Interviews. Files on the Georgia Giant film contain formal and draft scripts of the film, audio and visual text for the documentary, and copies of the advertisements used by WSB-TV to promote the television special. Transcripts of speeches by a variety of personalities form subseries B. Texts include a copy of The Today Show, March 1964, featuring Senators Hubert Humphrey and Richard Russell on civil rights; a speech by Senator Russell during the Senate debates of the 89 th Congress regarding Vietnam demonstrations; remarks given by Russell at the inauguration of the president of Georgia Southern College, 1969, with comments on campus conflicts over Vietnam; and speeches made in reference to the Richard B. Russell Foundation, Inc. Subseries C. contains interviews with Senator Russell, which took place between 1968 and 1969. Included in these scripts are descriptions of Russell's childhood and early years in Georgia politics, and comments on events during Russell's thirty-seven years in Washington D.C. including his participation in the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), his unsuccessful bid for the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency in 1952, the story of Lyndon Johnson's rise to power, and his involvement on the Warren Commission (1963-1964).

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