TV/RADIO: The place? Gastonia. The time? 1954. The discussion? Integration
Charlotte Observer, The, February, 2006 by MARK WASHBURN
BROWN IN BLACK AND WHITE
8 p.m. Thursday, WTVI, Channel 42
A week after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down school segregation, Edward R. Murrow and his show "See It Now" aired one of the first televised dialogues on race relations.
CBS cameras visited Gastonia. The notion of integrated schools was a powerful idea for students who spoke out, both black and white:
"I would not like to attend the schools with the white children, because of the fact we aren't too welcome."
"I think that we, as white people, have developed an air of superiority over their race, and I think it would cause for a split in both races if they mixed and mingled, because some of them couldn't come up to meet our standards."
Documentary producer and WBTV (Channel 3) reporter Steve Crump, in his 15th special for public TV's WTVI ...
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