- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Rosa Parks Monument Unveiling, April 22, 2006
- Date of Original:
- 2006-04-22
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
African American women
African American women social reformers
Special events - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features the event proceedings from the unveiling of the Rosa Parks monument on the campus of Alabama State University (ASU). The recording opens with the ASU choir singing "Lift Every Voice" and then the invocation is delivered by Reverend Joseph Rembert. Evelyn G. Lowery delivers remarks and conducts the unveiling of the monument. Reverend James Orange then delivers the closing prayer and event attendees join hands and sing "We Shall Overcome". The remainder of the video shows event attendees taking group photos by the monument. 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.199:01329
- 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:
- 00:18:40
- 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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