- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Coretta Scott King Memorial Service at Mt. Tabor A.M.E. Zion Church, February 5, 2006
- Date of Original:
- 2006-02-05
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African American women social reformers
African Americans--Religion
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Perry County, Marion, 32.63235, -87.31917
- Medium:
- born digital
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features a memorial service for Coretta Scott King at Mt. Tabor A.M.E. Zion Church in Marion, Alabama on February 5, 2006. The remembrance service program includes singing and various speakers recalling the life and service of Coretta Scott King. Speakers include Faya Ora Rose Toure, Selma Mayor James Perkins, Jr., Reverend James Orange, Andrew Young, and Joseph E. Lowery. Lowery recalls King's life and her role in the civil rights movement and within the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00169
- 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:
- 02:27:56
- 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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