- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Luncheon at the 40th Annual SCLC Convention, July 29, 1997
- Date of Original:
- 1997-07-29
- Subject:
- African American women social reformers
African Americans--Civil rights
Labor
Meetings - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.'s Luncheon at the 40th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Alexis Herman, the U.S. Secretary of Labor, speaks to the audience about reforming welfare, retirement security, and the need to enact policies that balance an individual's work and home life. The proceedings of the luncheon also include a tribute to Evelyn G. Lowery's service as the founder and convener of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. The luncheon concludes with remarks by Evelyn G. Lowery on the ongoing work of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. and a viewing of the "Stop the Killing, End the Violence" National Memorial Quilt.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00403
- 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:
- 01:37:54
- 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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