- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Oakwood College Commencement Ceremony, June 1, 1986
- Date of Original:
- 1986-06-01
- Subject:
- African American leadership
African Americans--Education
African Americans--Religion
Speeches
African American civil rights workers
Protest movements - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville, 34.7304, -86.58594
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features the Oakwood College commencement ceremony at which Joseph E. Lowery is a speaker. Oakwood College, now Oakwood University, is a historically black, Seventh-day Adventist institution. In his speech, Lowery reflects on the civil rights movement, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, and the need to continue the work fighting drugs, poverty, and other systemic issues in America. The overall theme of his speech to the graduating students is "to be giants." Following Lowery is a speech by a student, the awarding of diplomas, an address by the college president, and the presentation of a plaque to Lowery by the student association president.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00026
- Rights Holder:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Extent:
- 01:51:58
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199 - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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