- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 30th Anniversary Selma to Montgomery March Events, March 1995
- Date of Original:
- 1995-03
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Demonstrations
Voting - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Lowndes County, 32.15475, -86.65011
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997 - Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features footage from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) 30th Anniversary Selma to Montgomery March events in March 1995. This video begins with Reverend James Orange leading demonstrators in singing "We Shall Overcome", "Black and White Together", "Fired Up" and other songs to rally for voting rights. SCLC members lead UAW members, C.A.R.E. representatives, high school and college students, and other demonstrators to the Viola Liuzzo memorial site. The footage then documents speeches and performances at a Lowndes County, Alabama church, and moves to Montgomery, Alabama to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March. At 01:38:22, the video concludes with remarks from SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery about voting rights and continuing to march despite being tired. Audio cuts out from 01:21:43 to 01:24:21.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00482
- 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:
- 01:41:45
- 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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