- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Joseph E. Lowery's 85th Birthday Celebration, 2006
- Date of Original:
- 2006
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
Special events
African American entertainers - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features a tribute event to celebrate Joseph E. Lowery's 85th birthday held at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. This video opens with a dedication from Walter E. Fauntroy and Dick Gregory to Joseph E. Lowery followed by remarks and a gift presentation by Bishop Woodie White, pastor of the United Methodist Church. This video also includes a musical performance by saxophonist Angella Christie and remarks from Tuskegee, Alabama Mayor Johnny Ford. This video concludes with a dedication from U.S. Representative Maxine Waters to Joseph E. Lowery. Some of the content of this video overlaps with content found in the audiovisual asset at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01358.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01392
- 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:
- 00:54:35
- 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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