- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Elections and Voting Forum, Tape 3, 2004
- Date of Original:
- 2004
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
Voting
Political participation
Meetings - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features a forum on elections and voting held in Atlanta, Georgia. This video opens with remarks by Patrick Merloe, the senior associate and director of electoral programs at the National Democratic Institute, about the need for investments in voting resources, followed by remarks by moderator Dr. Keith Jennings, and a freedom song by Reverend Fred Taylor. Speakers include Georgia state representative Tyrone Brooks remarking on youth voting, Wil Duncan on election monitoring, and then Joseph E. Lowery as the keynote speaker. At 00:36:41, Lowery speaks about having faith in the voting machine and how "we must not be fatalistic about anything", emphasizing the importance of not giving up in voting measures. Lowery remarks on voter suppression efforts and encourages people of religious and political communities to work together for the betterment of all people. This video concludes with an unidentified speaker encouraging young people to vote and volunteer for campaign events.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01347
- 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:
- 01:02:31
- 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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