- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at Shiloh Baptist Church, circa 1985
- Date of Original:
- 1980/1990
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African Americans--Education
African Americans--Employment
Race discrimination - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Etowah County, Gadsden, 34.01434, -86.00639
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features a church service at Shiloh Baptist Church in Gadsden, Alabama in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. This audio recording includes gospel songs and hymns. At 00:23:07, guest speaker James Macon, Vice President of the SCLC Gadsden, Alabama Chapter gives a speech about the importance of Black unity to fight for human rights, education, and employment. At 00:45:45, John Nettles introduces Joseph E. Lowery, who gives a speech about celebrating King's birthday by increasing Black unity to combat unemployment, racism, and reverse discrimination.
The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection. - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00228
- 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:
- 01:21:50
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199
Series: Audiovisual - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights: