- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference Mass Rally in Montgomery, Alabama, June 10, 1983
- Date of Original:
- 1983-06-10
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements
Demonstrations
Race discrimination
Voting
Meetings
African Americans--Civil rights
Police brutality - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features a mass rally held at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama as part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) Sacred Rights Pilgrimage from Eufaula to Montgomery. The recording opens with the singing of freedom songs, including "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" and "We Shall Overcome". SCLC Alabama State chapter president John Nettles addresses the crowd, remarking on how racism is still rampant in the South and that SCLC is here to address the issue. Nettles proceeds to introduce SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, who speaks about the goals of the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage to end police brutality and killings and continue to the fight for African Americans' right to vote. Lowery speaks about the vision of "what ought to be" and reflects on the progress the civil rights movement has made to that vision.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00504
- 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:
- 00:56:35
- 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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