- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 22nd Annual Convention Proceedings, August 1979
- Date of Original:
- 1979-08
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Social conditions
Meetings - Location:
- United States, Virginia, Norfolk City County, Norfolk, 36.81904, -76.27494
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features proceedings from the 22nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Convention in Norfolk, Virginia. The recording begins with SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery delivering his presidential address to the convention attendees. Lowery speaks about the Middle East, the continuing civil rights movement, and the changes needed to America's economic and energy policies. The recording continues with singing and then, at 00:46:26, the audio switches to Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker speaking at the convention around the subject of "everything has changed and nothing has changed". Walker speaks about the work of the civil rights movement, narrating where Black Americans were in the beginning and where they are now in the movement. Audio note: Inconsistent volume levels throughout recording playback.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00561
- 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:
- 01:32:49
- 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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