- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Criminal Justice Symposium, October 11, 2003
- Date of Original:
- 2003-10-11
- Subject:
- Meetings
African Americans--Civil rights
Crime
Law--Study and teaching
Race discrimination
African Americans--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features proceedings from a criminal justice symposium held at the Interdenominational Theological Center sponsored by the Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights. The symposium focused on the topics of alternative sentences, mandatory sentences, sentencing disparities, and prisoner rehabilitation. The recording opens during Joseph E. Lowery's remarks about the symposium and the importance of voting. Lowery then introduces Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley, who speaks about substance abuse and other issues impacting the Black community and the importance of the work of the Lowery Institute. Ralph D. Abernathy, III then comes to the podium to make closing remarks and deliver a prayer. This footage is part of a larger video object that contains other content. Please see the finding aid for the Lowery Collection for additional details about the entire contents of the videotape.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01293
- 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:
- 00:35:26
- 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:
-
