- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- March Against Drugs, July 11, 1992
- Date of Original:
- 1992-07-11
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements
Drug abuse
African Americans--Health and hygiene
Demonstrations
African American entertainers
Race relations - Location:
- United States, Virginia, Albemarle County, Charlottesville, 38.13847, -78.45279
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features Dick Gregory speaking at an anti-drug rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Gregory speaks about the progress of Black America, homicide statistics, anti-drug advocacy, and the need for drug information in the media. Gregory encourages rally attendees to fight against the fear of drugs by unifying, learning about drugs, and confronting drugs in communities. A related video to this event can be found at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00466. This footage is part of a larger video object that contains copyrighted material that the Library cannot publish online. Please see the finding aid for the Lowery Collection for additional details about the entire contents of the videotape.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00480
- 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:
- 00:51:46
- 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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