- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 40th Annual Convention Proceedings, July 29, 1997
- Date of Original:
- 1997-07-29
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Social conditions
Meetings - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features the opening session and presidential address of Joseph E. Lowery at the 40th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Lowery speaks about the need for activism to move the nation forward on healthcare, improved labor conditions, closing the gap between the haves and have nots, and other social, economic, and political issues impacting America. Other speakers include Andrew Young, Tyrone Brooks, and Coretta Scott King, with Fred Shuttlesworth presiding over the event.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00413
- 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:
- 02:02:11
- 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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