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Southern Christian Leadership Conference Mass Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, February 17, 1982

Collection:: The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Title:: Southern Christian Leadership Conference Mass Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, February 17, 1982
Date of Original:: 1982-02-17
Subject:: African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African American civil rights workers
Demonstrations
Voting
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Location:: United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
Medium:: audiotapes
Type:: Sound
Format:: audio/mpeg
Description:: This audio recording features a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) mass meeting held in Montgomery, Alabama on February 17, 1982. The mass meeting was part of a program of events related to the Carrollton to Montgomery March. The proceedings open with songs and then SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery addresses the crowd and speaks to them about the culmination of the march, the work that needs to be done to advance the civil rights of Black people, and the importance of the Voting Rights Act. Following Lowery's speech, the crowd sings "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" and then another speaker addresses the crowd about continuing the fight for voting rights. The meeting concludes with the attendees singing "We Shall Overcome" and a prayer.
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.199:00942
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Extent:: 01:03:05
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
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