- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 28th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 1985
- Date of Original:
- 1985-08
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Employment
Affirmative action programs
Speeches
Meetings - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features proceedings from the 28th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Convention in Montgomery, Alabama. Specifically, this recording features SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery's address to the convention. In his speech, Lowery observes the progress made in the civil rights movement but notes "everything has changed but nothing has changed". He frames much of his speech around the topics of jobs, peace, and freedom. In closing, Lowery calls for the Black community to return home to one another and stand united.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00574
- 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:
- 00:49:07
- 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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