- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southeast Region Voter Empowerment Summit, August 2003
- Date of Original:
- 2003-08
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Voting
African Americans--Education
Voter registration
Political participation - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features excerpts of the proceedings during the Southeast Region Voter Empowerment Summit in Birmingham, Alabama on August 8-9, 2003. Excerpts include that of Joseph E. Lowery, chair of the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples' Agenda, delivering the keynote address, footage of a reception at which Lowery speaks and sings, and footage of panel discussions. Discussions at the summit focused on the topics of extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Black voter registration, redistricting and election reform, and immigration issues. More footage documenting this event can be found here: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00046.
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.199:00736
- 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:
- 00:13:17
- 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: