News broadcasts on Governor Spiro T. Agnew's racial slurs during his campaign in Hawaii, November 1968

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Date
1968-11
Summary
Multiple news broadcasts covering Governor Spiro T. Agnew's use of racial slurs in his remarks, November 1968. Governor Spiro T. Agnew claimed that he was unaware of such semantics and was working to improve his understanding. These reports were given by numerous reporters including CBS' Bruce Morton and Washington correspondent James J. Kilpatrick. In addition, Governor Spiro T. Agnew gives an apologetic speech for any offense listeners may have taken upon hearing the racial slurs.
Contributor
Agnew, Spiro T., 1918-1996
Subjects
Government, Law, Politics; Governors -- Maryland -- History -- Sources
Locations
North America; United States
Collection
Politics and Civic Life
Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
00:06:38 hh:mm:ss; 1/4" open reel tape
Notes
Spiro T. Agnew papers
Accession 74-10, Series 5, Subseries 1, Box 3
A guide to the full collection of Spiro T. Agnew papers is available in our archival collections: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1744.

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Fedora 2 PID: umd:729094; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/42264; Filename: histmss-064553

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