- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- 1st Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Oratorical Contest, July 20, 1980
- Date of Original:
- 1980-07-20
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Speeches
African American youth--Education
Race discrimination - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features a partial recording of the 1st Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Oratorical Contest on July 20, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia. The recording includes speeches by high school students who give self-written speeches on the topic of "what the civil rights movement means to you - my role and my future". The recording also features live music and songs by a choir. At 00:20:00, Evelyn G. Lowery shares the purpose of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.'s Oratorical Contest and presents awards to task force members and the first place winner of the contest. Audio note: Left Channel louder than Right Channel throughout recording playback.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00603
- 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:
- 00:36:19
- 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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