- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at Tri-Cities High School, April 3, 1991
- Date of Original:
- 1991-04-03
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African American men
African Americans--Education
African American youth--Education
Speeches, addresses, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, East Point, 33.67955, -84.43937
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features a speech by Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery to Tri-Cities High School students on April 3, 1991 in East Point, Georgia. At 00:8:30, Lowery addresses the young men of Tri-Cities High School and talks about the responsibilities of young Black men, the definition of manhood, and showing yourself a man. Lowery states that real manhood consists of knowing exactly who you are, knowing where you come from, having dignity, holding yourself accountable, respecting each other, and not committing to violence. He encourages the young Black men to lead with their manhood or else one-fifth to one-quarter of young Black males between the ages of 15 and 24 will either be in prison, on drugs, unemployed, or dead by the year 2000. At 00:35:13, Lowery recites a poem about using knowledge of history, manhood, unity, and solution-driven practices to fight for economic, political, and social justice. At 00:38:00, Lowery speaks to another group of Tri-Cities High School students about resurrecting love and using manhood to make positive changes in the world.
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.199:00471
- 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:
- 01:12:54
- 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
- Rights:
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