- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Cascade United Methodist Church Service, March 8, 1987
- Date of Original:
- 1987-03-08
- Subject:
- African American clergy
African Americans--Religion
Sermons
Gospel music
African American mayors
African American children
Crime
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 worship service on March 8, 1987 at Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. This audio recording features singing, scripture readings, prayer, and a sermon. At 00:38:00, Reverend Mayor Andrew Young substitutes as an interim pastor during Joseph E. Lowery's hospitalization. Young delivers a sermon about "having a faith that you can shout about", emphasizing the importance of celebrating God and sharing God's blessings. Young also addresses Atlanta's Missing and Murdered Children and shares experiences about marching amongst the Ku Klux Klan to encourage the congregation to trust God and spread God's love. This audio recording concludes with singing.
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.199:00684
- 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:
- 01:05:16
- 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: