- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Jesse Jackson Speaks at the Democratic National Convention, July 18, 1984
- Date of Original:
- 1984-07-18
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Speeches, addresses, etc.
African Americans--Politics and government
Voting - Location:
- United States, California, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, 37.77493, -122.41942
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features Jesse Jackson's speech at the Democratic National Convention on July 18, 1984 in San Francisco, California. In his speech, Jackson speaks about the opportunities of leadership, the importance of voting with conviction and consciousness, and support for the Democratic Party. He compares America's races of people to a rainbow and America's unity of diversity to a quilt because of its "many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread", emphasizing the differences of races, sexuality, age, ability, and other aspects. At 00:16:29, he adopts Joseph E. Lowery's slogan "We must turn to each other and not on each other." Jesse Jackson concludes his speech by challenging listeners to exercise the right to dream a new reality of a brighter future by using hope, love, peace, and teaching. Audio cuts out between 00:39:50 and 00:40:08.
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.199:00601
- 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:
- 00:45:10
- 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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