Film Date
6/30/61
Film Reference Number
KPIX 11075
Description
KPIX News report from June 30th 1961 in San Francisco featuring silent views of Willie Brown and his family (including wife Blanche Brown) outside a model home at the Standard Building Company's Forest Knolls housing development. They staged a civil rights sit-in there because the developers refused to show any homes to African Americans. Also includes brief scenes of them meeting with other members of the local African American community who were supporting their protest.
Format
16mm newsfilm
Copyright
CBS5 KPIX-TV