- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference Mass Meeting in Pickens County, Alabama, 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African American civil rights workers
Voting
Meetings - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Pickens County, 33.28088, -88.08869
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) mass meeting in Pickens County, Alabama celebrating the homecoming of Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder upon their release from prison. The recording opens with comments by John Nettles, who in turn introduces Charles Steele, the president of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama chapter of the SCLC. Steele then provides the introduction to SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, who speaks about the ongoing work of the civil rights movement and the commitment of the Black community to one another. Evelyn G. Lowery recites a poem addressing the work done by SCLC to free Bozeman and Wilder. The meeting continues with Reverend R.B. Cottonreader offering commentary on Bozeman and Wilder and then Maggie Bozeman speaks, emphasizing the importance of organizing via organizations like SCLC. Audio note: Consistent background noise through audio playback.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00487
- 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:
- 01:00:05
- 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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