- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Press Conference at North Carolina Correctional Center Upon Release of Reverend James Orange, June 18, 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982-06-18
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
Civil rights movements
Voting - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Wake County, Raleigh, 35.7721, -78.63861
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features a group singing songs, including "Turn Me Around", and a press conference with Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery and Reverend James Orange, who is being released from prison in Raleigh, North Carolina. In the press conference, Orange speaks about the political motivations behind his arrest and the need for criminal justice reform. The recording includes Reverend Orange, Evelyn G. Lowery, and other SCLC members speaking after the press conference. Orange was arrested in Williamston, North Carolina on a nine year old warrant charging him with failure to obey a police order to disperse. Orange's arrest occurred during the SCLC Voting Rights Pilgrimage from Alabama to Washington, D.C.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00312
- 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:
- 00:40:26
- 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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