- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 33rd Annual Convention Proceedings, August 8, 1990
- Date of Original:
- 1990-08-08
- Subject:
- Associations, institutions, etc.
Meetings
Labor
African Americans--Civil rights
Race discrimination - Location:
- United States, Virginia, City of Richmond, 37.55376, -77.46026
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features proceedings from the 33rd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Convention in Richmond, Virginia. Specifically, this video documents the Labor Solidarity Breakfast at the convention. Speakers at the breakfast include a representative from the AFL-CIO, Don Gathers from the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Willie Baker (Vice President for the International Union in the United Food and Commercial Workers), and Ernie Lofton (Vice President of the UAW), who introduces the keynote speaker, Barbara Van Blake. Van Blake speaks about the poverty, racism, and educational deficits impacting African American children. Joe Davis, the director of the civil rights division of the United Auto Workers - Detroit, then speaks. Cleveland Robinson, who worked with A. Philip Randolph, then comes to the podium to provide comments on the A. Philip Randolph Institute and the importance of the labor movement. The video concludes with labor representatives coming to the podium to speak and present checks to SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery.
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.199:00803
- 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:
- 01:03:51
- 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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