- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- 3rd Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. National Oratorical Contest, August 18,1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982-08-18
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American youth--Education
Speeches
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features proceedings from the 3rd Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Oratorical Contest on August 18, 1982 at New Pilgrimage Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Six high school students compete for a college scholarship by reciting self-written speeches on the theme: Black America: Let's Turn to Each Other and Not On Each Other Economically, Politically, and Spiritually. At 00:53:15, Reverend Fred Taylor leads participants in singing freedom songs and the "Fired Up" chant. This audio recording concludes with a speech from the final contestant of the 3rd Annual Oratorical Contest.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00968
- 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:
- 01:20:17
- 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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