- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- 3rd Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. National Oratorical Contest, March 21, 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982-03-21
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African American youth--Education
Speeches - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features the 3rd Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Oratorical Contest on March 21, 1982. SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.'s annual oratorical contest is an event in which youth give speeches about a given topic. The purpose of the contest is to promote speaking ability and participation in discussion regarding issues affecting youth. This audio recording features high school students giving speeches on the topic, "Unity Among Black Americans", in which they compete to earn the opportunity of participating in the National Oratorical Contest at the 25th Annual SCLC Convention. At 00:11:51, Joseph E. Lowery speaks about the purpose of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.'s oratorical contest and gives thanks to SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. for hosting the contests to promote communication, leadership, and public speaking within the Black community. The recording ends with Lowery leading the choir in singing "We Shall Overcome". Audio is low.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00230
- 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:
- 00:17:53
- 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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