Jesse Jackson on Richard Nixon (1974)
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KPIX News footage from August 1st 1974 featuring scenes from a speech by Jesse Jackson for the National Urban League. As President Richard Nixon is battling to retain the Presidency following his impeachment, Jackson reminds his audience that: "The absence of Nixon is not the presence of liberation ... The absence of evil is not the presence of good ... If we are to be a free and loving and civilized people, it would be because of something that we affirm." Nixon resigned the Presidency 8 days later, on August 9th 1974. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
- Originally aired on
- KPIX-TV
- Date aired
- 8/1/1974
- Recording medium
- 16mm color magentic sound film
- 1:34
- Rights for this video belong to
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Type of material
- local newsfilm
- Identifier
- KPIX 118790
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- 2687
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