- 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.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01018
- 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:
- 00:17:44
- 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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