- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Luncheon at 38th Annual SCLC Convention, July 31, 1995
- Date of Original:
- 1995-07-31
- Subject:
- African American women social reformers
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Politics and government
African American families
Gun control
Meetings - Location:
- United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, 29.95465, -90.07507
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.'s Luncheon at the 38th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. The theme for the luncheon is "Women United: Countering the Assault on the Black Family". Speakers include Coretta Scott King, Louisiana State Senators Diana Bajoie and Paulette Irons, and a letter from the designated keynote speaker, Representative Maxine Waters (who was unable to attend). The luncheon includes performances from singer Jennifer Holliday. The video also includes footage of an unveiling of the "Stop the Killing, End the Violence" National Memorial Quilt.
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.199:00402
- 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:
- 01:22:34
- 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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