- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- Side B: Hungary Club
- Contributor to Resource:
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 - Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civic leaders
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Meetings - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- sound recordings
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Audio recording of the Voter Education Project's annual benefit dinner, moderated by Rep. Andrew Young. Atlanta Commissioner of Administrative Services Emma Darnell leads the attendees in prayer. Governor Jimmy Carter gives a keynote speech about the importance of universal voter registration. Mayor Maynard Jackson emphasizes the positive impact of VEP on voter registration in the South, declaring May 4, 1974 as "VEP Day." John Lewis thanks the attendees for attending the benefit dinner. Senator Edward Kennedy gives a speech regarding the need for voter registration work and advocates for an extension of the Voting Rights Act. John Lewis talks with friend and assistant Archie Allen about how inequities in the legal system impact the lives of Black Americans. Lilian Miles thanks the attendees for their donations and commitment to voter registration. Harry Hughey offers closing remarks. Rabbi Alvin Sugarman gives the final prayer and benediction.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1947
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
