- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Voting Rights Hearing in Georgia, 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Politics and government
Voting
Voter registration - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features a voting rights hearing in Georgia, in which women and men give their testimonials about their fight to vote, and challenges with voter registration and voting such as lack of polling places, knowledge of voting districts, inconsistent voting communication, and racial, economic, and social discrimination. Participants in the voting rights hearing also advocate for the extension of the Voting Rights Act and improvement for voting policies and processes. At 00:28:40, Evelyn G. Lowery gives thanks to participants and encourages participants to continue to observe and speak out against voting barriers and voting discrimination. Audio note: Distorted audio high background noise and high noise floor throughout recording playback.
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.199:01013
- 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:
- 00:31:39
- 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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