- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- 6th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards, April 4, 1985
- Date of Original:
- 1985-04-04
- Subject:
- African American entertainers
African American singers
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Politics and government
African Americans--Health and hygiene
African American athletes
Special events - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features the proceedings of the 6th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner. The proceedings, hosted by Dick Gregory, includes remarks by Reverend C.T. Vivian and musical performances by The Staple Singers. Award recipients include Percy Sutton, Dr. David Allen (President of Cernitin of America, Inc.), LeBaron Taylor, U.S. Representative Mickey Leland, Judge Joyce Alexander, Fulton County Sheriff Richard Lankford, Rose and Lee Elder, Dr. Cheikh Anto Diop, Judge Consuelo B. Marshall, Judge Amalya Kearse, and "Pop" Staples. The recording concludes with remarks from SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery and a performance by The Staple Singers.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01231
- 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:
- 02:54:00
- 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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