- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Pilgrimage to Washington for Voting Rights, Jobs and Peace Planning Meeting, 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Meetings
Demonstrations
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features a Southern Christian Leadership Conference meeting detailing the planning of the 1982 Pilgrimage to Washington for Voting Rights, Jobs and Peace. This meeting outlines the organization of transportation, task force groups, scheduled routes, and budgets. At 00:31:50, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery addresses the group regarding his shortcomings, the importance of having an open mind, and concludes with leading a prayer and singing of "We Shall Overcome".
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00377
- 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:
- 00:55:00
- 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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