- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, March 6, 2004
- Date of Original:
- 2004-03-06
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African American civil rights workers
Special events - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features footage of events from the SCLC/WOMEN Civil Rights Heritage Tour on March 6, 2004. The video begins at the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, Alabama. At 00:04:00, while traveling on the tour bus, John Lewis shares in an interview his reasons for joining the civil rights movement in Selma. At 00:07:35, couples of the civil rights movement such as Joseph and Evelyn Lowery, Johnnie Carr and Jack Jordan, Spiver Gordon and his wife, and James Orange and Cleophas Orange, are honored for their partnership, influence in the movement, and representation of Black love. At 00:34:20, Rose Sanders (now known as Faya Ora Rose Toure) sings a self-written song, "I Love My Black Man", followed by a presentation of awards, remarks by Fred Shuttlesworth, John Lewis, Charles Steele and others, and tribute songs dedicated to Joseph and Evelyn Lowery to honor their commitment to marriage and the movement.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00478
- 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:
- 01:22:34
- 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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