- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference Mass Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, July 15, 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982-07-15
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Politics and government
Meetings - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) mass meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery speaks about the preparation of a march in Kelly Ingram Park, and he ddresses the history and continuation of inequalities, violence, poverty, and injustice in America, emphasizing that "everything has changed and nothing has changed". This audio recording continues with singing, speeches, and a prayer. This audio is part of a larger audio object that contains copyrighted material that the Library cannot publish online. Please see the finding aid for the Lowery Collection for additional details about the entire contents of the audiotape.
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.199:00649
- 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:
- 00:41:36
- 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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