- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1993
- Date of Original:
- 1993-04-04
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
Manners and customs - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features a Southern Christian Leadership Conference led commemoration service marking the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Speakers at the event include the Reverend Dr. Joseph L. Roberts, SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. founder Evelyn G. Lowery, representatives from The King Center, the NAACP, Christine King Farris, Coretta Scott King, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, and others. The event also includes musical performances and footage of the wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.199:00776
- 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:
- 02:02:46
- 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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