- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Joseph E. Lowery Receives a Doctorate Degree From the University of Alabama at Huntsville, May 11, 2003
- Date of Original:
- 2003-05-11
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers
African American leadership
African Americans--Education
Special events - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville, 34.7304, -86.58594
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features the commencement ceremony proceedings at the University of Alabama-Huntsville on May 11, 2003. The video begins with introductory background about Joseph E. Lowery's life growing up in Huntsville, Alabama and his civil rights career. The video then captures the commencement ceremony proceedings, which includes Lowery receiving an honorary doctorate of humane letters. The video concludes with comments by Lowery outside the graduation event in which he highlights the civil rights struggle, remarking that there is still a long way to go but also that the struggle has come a long way.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00036
- 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:
- 00:37:44
- 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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