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Special Assignment (Violence On The Right) #70948

ABC Evening News for Friday, Mar 06, 1981
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Max Robinson

(NYC) 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, recalled; films shown. KKK's preparations in Alabama for racial war, race riots in Miami, Florida, and anti-Semitic violence in Los Angeles, California, and Rhode Island recalled. [Anti-Defamation League spokesperson David LEHRER, Georgia state senate Julian BOND - discuss increase in anti-Semitic violence, Ku Klux Klan activity.] [Dr. Alan WOLFE - notes relationship between economy and violence.] Bond's organization of the Klanwatch to monitor Ku Klux Klan mvts. noted; Jewish Defense League (JDL) training session shown. [Jewish Defense League MBRS. - explain position.] Black and Jewish response to right-wing violence noted; Contra Costa Cnty., California, incident mentioned. [BOND - notes FBI silence on issue.] [Los Angeles city council member Zev YAROSLAVSKY - cites local legislature offered to deal with situation.] AntiCatholic literature shown. [S. Baptist Convention president Reverend H. Bailey SMITH - says God doesn't hear prayers of Jews.] Necessity for government and communities to deal with such violence noted.
REPORTER: Jim Wooten (KTVU film/tape)

Reporter(s):
Robinson, Max;
Wooten, Jim
Duration:
00:04:40

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