- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at a King Holiday Event, 1995
- Date of Original:
- 1995
- Subject:
- African American mayors
Speeches
African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
Civil rights movements
Special events - Location:
- United States, Missouri, Jackson County, Kansas City, 39.09973, -94.57857
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features a Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday event held in a Jewish synagogue in Kansas City, Missouri. The recording opens with Kansas City Mayor Emanuel Cleaver addressing the crowd, in which he introduces Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery. In his speech, Lowery talks about the nature of the King Holiday and the character of an authentic celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. The recording closes with all event attendees singing "We Shall Overcome".
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01229
- 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:
- 01:00:59
- 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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