Upstate History Documentaries
Will Corprew | March on Washington
Clip | 3m 15s
Wilbert Corprew reflects on nonviolent protest training.
Wilbert Corprew was a young college freshman in Virginia when a classmate recruited him to become part of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. Mr. Corprew talks about the training methods used and how they helped prepare him for protest activities. He also explains how that would lead to his participation in the march on Washington in August of 1963.
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Upstate History Documentaries is a local public television program presented by WSKG
Upstate History Documentaries
Will Corprew | March on Washington
Clip | 3m 15s
Wilbert Corprew was a young college freshman in Virginia when a classmate recruited him to become part of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. Mr. Corprew talks about the training methods used and how they helped prepare him for protest activities. He also explains how that would lead to his participation in the march on Washington in August of 1963.
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Wilbert Corprew reflects on nonviolent protest training. (3m 15s)
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Upstate History Documentaries is a local public television program presented by WSKG