- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference Mass Meeting in Marion, Alabama, February 10, 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982-02-10
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Meetings
Demonstrations
African Americans--Politics and government
African Americans--Economic conditions
Voting - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Perry County, Marion, 32.63235, -87.31917
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features a Southern Christian Leadership Conference mass meeting in Marion, Alabama on February 10, 1982. At this meeting, Evelyn G. Lowery and participants discuss the Pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama, Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder, and the Voting Rights Act. At 00:25:15, Jean Young is introduced as "The Princess of Justice" and speaks about the influences, experiences, and unjust jail sentences of Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder. Young also speaks about making responsible political choices, becoming united, and continuing to fight for racial equality. Audio note: Distorted audio high background noise and high noise floor throughout recording playback; Inconsistent volume levels throughout recording playback.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00955
- 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:
- 00:52:46
- 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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