- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- 30th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards, Tape 2, April 4, 2009
- Date of Original:
- 2009-04-04
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Civil rights
African American universities and colleges
Environmental justice
African American actors
Special events - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features proceedings from the 30th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner, hosted by Kenny Leon, on April 4, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. This video opens with the remainder of remarks from recipients of the "Leadership in Higher Education Award", commentary by Kenny Leon, and then the presentation of the "Environmental Justice Award" to Laura Turner Seydel. At 00:19:20, Evelyn G. Lowery presents the "Art and Humanitarian Award" to actor Cicely Tyson and then invites Christine King Farris (Martin Luther King, Jr.'s sister) to help her light candles in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. At 00:31:50, Joseph E. Lowery provides closing remarks and leads participants in joining hands and singing "We Shall Overcome". Note: This video is a continuation of footage from the audiovisual asset found at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01299.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01348
- 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:
- 00:44:33
- 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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