Freedom and Justice

Short documentaries on the civil rights era photographs of Cecil J. Williams

This is the podcast site of Journalism 564, a visual communications course in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. 
 
Each student in the course produced a brief video on the work of Cecil J. Williams, a photographer from Orangeburg, S.C. who photographed many of the signature people and events of the civil rights era.  
 
You can view each video, including a welcome from the class, by clicking on the Podcast link below each entry.  
 
To view each video you must have the latest version of the Quicktime player installed on your computer. Quicktime works on both Macs and Windows computers, and it's available for free at quicktime.com.  
 

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Podcast: welcome.m4v

Photographer, Cecil J. Williams, speaks out about his experiences with student activism and public demonstrations during the 1960s. Williams' experiences and photographs are also documented in his book, Freedom and Justice, which is about the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina.  
 
 

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Podcast: EDGEWORTHpodcast.m4v

Cecil Williams, a South Carolina native, describes his personal struggles with legal segregation and why he felt compelled to document the events of the Civil Rights Movement in the South. 

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Podcast: DOC_Mwaldrop.m4v

Cecil J. Williams, a Civil Rights photographer, talks about his experience during the Civil Rights era, as well as his relationship with South Carolina State College President, Dr. Turner. He also discusses the students' attitude towards Dr. Turner and their actions during this controversial time. 

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Podcast: Cecil Final3_Richter.m4v

Cecil J. Williams, a native of South Carolina and photographer of the Civil Rights movement, discusses the day to day hardships that he and other students faced. The students were the heroes behind the movement that eventually led to desegregation in the South. 

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Podcast: KOSKA_CecilFinal.m4v

Civil Rights photographer, Cecil Williams, talks about the Charleston Nursing Strike and how he feels it was the last large significant event of the era.  

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Podcast: TheLastStrike_Crisp.m4v

Cecil Williams, a Civil Rights photographer, discusses the realities he faced growing up in the South during segregation and why he decided to become a photographer and capture the images seen. 

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Podcast: SkidmoreFinalProject.m4v

Cecil J. Williams talks about the efforts and struggles of students in Orangeburg as they staged protests during the Civil Rights Movement.  

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Podcast: ZandersCecilDoc2.m4v

Underneath the turmoil of the Orangeburg massacre were the people involved. Photographer Cecil Williams discusses the lives and experiences of black teachers during this unsettled time.  

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Podcast: quiet heroism_CW.m4v

Civil rigths photographer Cecil Williams dicusses the Orangeburg massacre, and his involvement in recording it. 

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Podcast: ElainaFakasCecil.m4v

Civil rights photographer Cecil J. Williams talks about his hero, James Sulton. He tells Sulton's story, explaining that though Sulton was an ordinary man, he demonstrated extraordinary bravery in standing up for what he thought to be right.  

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Podcast: CecilFinalBoozer.m4v

Photographer Cecil J. Williams reflects on meeting John F. Kennedy at Kennedy's announcement for his presidential candidacy in New York.  

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Podcast: Bowers_CecilonJFK.m4v

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