- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Elections and Voting Forum, Tape 4, 2004
- Date of Original:
- 2004
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
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, moderated by Dr. Keith Jennings, the director of Count Every Vote 2004. This video opens with Joseph E. Lowery speaking about holding political and religious leaders accountable and urging officials to use their power to fight for peace, social justice, and civil rights. Lowery encourages the audience to work in teams to advocate for public policy and fight against poverty, war, and self-destruction. Speakers including LaTosha Brown, Ed Brown, and others discuss ways to collaborate amongst southern organizations to raise awareness about campaigns, voter registration, and resources through coordinating state-wide meetings and creating actionable next steps. This video concludes with a discussion of voter registration strategies and a question and answer segment between panelists and participants.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01393
- 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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