- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- 18th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards, April 4, 1997
- Date of Original:
- 1997-04-04
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American arts
African Americans--Politics and government
Special events - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features the proceedings of the 18th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner. The proceedings, hosted by Carmen Burns and Ron Sailor, includes musical performances, remarks from Sharon Campbell, Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell's wife, and the presentation of awards recognizing people's contributions in publishing, the arts, sports, and other socio-economic-political issues of import. Award recipients include Kweisi Mfume, George Foreman, Esther Rolle, and Don King. A special recognition award is given to Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, the First Lady of Ghana. The event also includes remarks from The King Center Director Dexter King, Georgia state representative Charles W. Walker, Sr. and SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00762
- 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:
- 02:03:11
- 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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