- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference Coalition Meeting, February 20, 1995
- Date of Original:
- 1995-02-20
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Meetings
Speeches
African Americans--Education
Voting
Affirmative action programs - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Coalition meeting on February 20, 1995. Joseph E. Lowery leads the meeting in preparation for the 30th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March, emphasizing to board members and participants to not let the hands of the clock be turned back. Lowery encourages meeting attendees to take advantage of the moments to "use the beauty of the past to prevent the ugliness that we see in the future" and to remain motivated to fight for economic, social, and political justice. At 00:21:25, Evelyn G. Lowery prefaces upcoming voting rights and women empowerment events and workshops. At 00:38:38, James Oranges speaks about march schedules and logistics. At 00:41:45, Joseph E. Lowery, Marie Foster, and others speak at a press conference to solidify plans for the 30th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00465
- 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:
- 00:57:54
- 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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