- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- 7th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. National Oratorical Contest, Part 2, March 16, 1986
- Date of Original:
- 1986-03-16
- Subject:
- African American youth--Education
Civil rights movements
African Americans--Civil rights
Apartheid - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features part two of the proceedings of the 7th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Oratorical Contest. SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.'s Annual Oratorical Contest is an event in which youth give speeches about a given topic/theme. The purpose of the contest is to promote speaking ability and participation in discussion regarding issues affecting youth. The theme for the contest is "Fighting Apartheid in South Africa and the Apartheid Mentality in the US". The recording also contains musical performances and the closing ceremonies in which Joseph E. Lowery speaks (at 00:10:42) and contestant winners are announced.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00339
- 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:
- 00:42:36
- 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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