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Southern Christian Leadership Conference Mass Meeting in Selma, Alabama, circa 1982

Collection:: The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Title:: Southern Christian Leadership Conference Mass Meeting in Selma, Alabama, circa 1982
Date of Original:: 1981/1982
Subject:: African Americans--Civil rights
Meetings
Voting
Demonstrations
Location:: United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211
Medium:: audiotapes
Type:: Sound
Format:: audio/mpeg
Description:: This audio recording features a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) mass meeting regarding voting rights in Selma, Alabama. This audio recording begins with remarks from Walter E. Fauntroy about the impact that Selma had in the progression of getting Blacks to vote. Participants speak about their experiences in Selma, Alabama, encourage people to vote, and prepare to march in support for the release of Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder and the extension of the Voting Rights Act. At 00:11:14, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery speaks about getting "Fed Up" to become "Fired Up" to fight for justice. 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.199:01018
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Extent:: 00:17:44
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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