- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- March Against Violence, March 16, 1996
- Date of Original:
- 1996-03-16
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African Americans--Politics and government
Demonstrations
Gun control
African American families
Voter registration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, College Park, 33.65344, -84.44937
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, East Point, 33.67955, -84.43937 - Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features a "March Against Violence" demonstration on March 16, 1996 in East Point and College Park, Georgia. Police escorts, ambulances, Joseph and Evelyn Lowery, and members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference lead demonstrators from Vesta Avenue in East Point, Georgia to College Park, Georgia. Demonstrators include members of First Missionary Baptist Church, SCLC, the Nation of Islam, Hot97.5, and others who march, sing, and chant in support of stopping the killing and ending the violence. At 00:03:00, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery is interviewed. He speaks about leading with love and peace to stop the killing and end the violence. This video also includes remarks by Reverend Fred Taylor regarding registering to vote, speeches by College Park elected officials, performances, and a remembrance for violence victims. At 00:30:20, Evelyn G. Lowery introduces the national "Stop the Killing" quilt. At 01:05:47, Joseph E. Lowery acknowledges demonstrators, shares that Black is beautiful and sacred, and encourages demonstrators to stop the violence and veto the concealed carry bill.
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.199:00481
- 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:
- 01:27:15
- 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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