- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Pilgrimage to Washington Kickoff Events, April 19, 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982-04-19
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
Demonstrations
African Americans--Economic conditions
Speeches
Voting
Voter registration - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee, 32.42415, -85.69096
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features proceedings from Pilgrimage to Washington kickoff events on April 19, 1982. This audio features speeches from Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery, Walter E. Fauntroy, Reverend James Orange, SCLC members, and local political leaders addressing the importance of the Voting Rights Act, economic issues, labor laws, and intentions for the Pilgrimage to Washington. Lowery gives a speech, "We Are They", emphasizing the importance of unity and continuing the work of civil rights leaders and ancestors. Lowery also addresses foreign policy, Black communities, and other economic, political, and social concerns. This audio recording concludes with singing. 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.199:00972
- 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:
- 01:28:12
- 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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