- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 29th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 14, 1986
- Date of Original:
- 1986-08-14
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American women social reformers
African Americans--Social conditions
African Americans--Economic conditions
Meetings - Location:
- United States, Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, 30.33218, -81.65565
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features proceedings from the 29th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Convention in Jacksonville, Florida. The video consists of footage of the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Annual Luncheon, which includes a prayer led by Reverend Renita Thomas and a panel presentation discussing the theme of "the feminization of poverty". The panelists who speak are Dr. Joyce Ladner, a professor of social work at Howard University, and Maxine Green, of the National Tenant Organization. Ladner speaks about teen pregnancy, single parenting, infant mortality and drug abuse. Green discusses welfare reforms, housing, daycare, and benefit payments. The proceedings also include the presentation of awards to Septima Clark and others. Evelyn G. Lowery, Rosa Parks, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, and Coretta Scott King deliver remarks.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00774
- 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:
- 01:51:36
- 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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