- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, January 11, 1981
- Date of Original:
- 1981-01-11
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Religion
Civil rights movements
Manners and customs - Location:
- United States, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, 42.33143, -83.04575
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features a Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday celebration event in Detroit, Michigan on January 11, 1981. The recording opens with Karen Lowery singing "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" and then Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Michigan chapter president Claud Young presents awards (the actual presentation of awards is skipped in the audio). The event continues with the performance of several songs by the SCLC band and concludes with Marian Guy delivering a reading entitled "I Have A Dream".
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.199:00513
- 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:
- 01:07:56
- 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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