- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration: Speech by Joseph E. Lowery, January 11, 1981
- Date of Original:
- 1981-01-11
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African American families
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, 42.33143, -83.04575
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features Joseph E. Lowery's sermon "Black Community Come Home", inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "America Come Home" speech. In his sermon on January 11, 1981 in Detroit, Michigan, Lowery emphasizes the importance of the Black community reconvening as families, increasing moral responsibility, re-evaluating priorities, and fighting for the redistribution of wealth. The recording concludes with a choir singing gospel songs.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00247
- 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:
- 00:40:29
- 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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