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Pilgrimage to Washington for Voting Rights, Economic Justice and Peace Event, June 8, 1982

Collection:: The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Title:: Pilgrimage to Washington for Voting Rights, Economic Justice and Peace Event, June 8, 1982
Date of Original:: 1982-06-08
Subject:: African Americans--Religion
African American clergy
Sermons
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Politics and government
Voting
Location:: United States, Virginia, City of Norfolk, 36.89126, -76.26188
Medium:: audiotapes
Type:: Sound
Format:: audio/mpeg
Description:: This audio recording features an event that was part of the Pilgrimage to Washington for Voting Rights, Economic Justice and Peace in Norfolk, Virginia. The recording begins with songs followed by an introduction of Joseph E. Lowery by Reverend Leon White (at 00:04:11). At 00:09:23, Lowery speaks about the progress and problems on the Pilgrimage to Washington, the need to spread peace in the Middle East, and the battle for voting rights and jobs. At 00:15:25, Lowery gives a sermon about God identifying needs of the world and giving people the opportunity to be useful through challenges, God choosing and trusting minorities to carry out important missions, and marching on just a little bit longer because everything will be alright.
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.199:00235
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Extent:: 00:39:44
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
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