The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom
White Citizens’ Council Head W. J. Simmons
For NBC’s The American Revolution of ’63, broadcast September 2, 1963, white supremacist W. J. Simmons (1916–2007), head of the Citizens’ Council of America, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, gave his evaluation of the civil rights “revolution.”
Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Courtesy of NBC News