- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Central United Methodist Church Service, 1977
- Date of Original:
- 1977
- Subject:
- African Americans--Religion
African American clergy
Sermons
Gospel music
African Americans--Civil rights - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features a church service at Central United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The service proceedings include songs, prayers, the act of praise, a scripture lesson, and remarks by Joseph E. Lowery (at 00:39:05) in which he welcomes and introduces NAACP Executive Director and Baptist minister Benjamin Hooks and his wife, Frances. At 00:47:49, Hooks begins his address to the congregation. In his remarks, Hooks focuses his message around the topic "the three philosophies of life". Hooks speaks about how we all have a philosophy (or philosophies) that define our lives and the actions we take. The recording continues with the singing of more hymns and further remarks and church announcements by Lowery (at 01:27:42).
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01114_001
- 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:
- 01:40:16
- 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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