- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at an Event, 1979
- Date of Original:
- 1979
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African Americans--Economic conditions
Race discrimination
Race relations
Speeches - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaking at an unknown event. Lowery speaks about the impact of racism on American society and the question of human justice. Lowery emphasizes the importance of King's work in placing the civil rights movement in the context of a religious struggle. In his speech, Lowery also addresses the absence of Black presence on organizations' and businesses' Board of Directors as well on public utilities boards. Lowery also remarks on the Jonestown Massacre in Guyana, South America. The recording concludes with a question and answer session with Lowery.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01050
- 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:
- 00:33:24
- 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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