- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 40th Annual Convention Proceedings, July 1997
- Date of Original:
- 1997-07
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Civil rights
Meetings
Speeches, addresses, etc. - 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 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 40th Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. At 00:11:38, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery welcomes attendees and SCLC staff, leads attendees in singing freedom songs, and collects membership dues in support of the new SCLC president and upcoming SCLC convention in Washington, D.C. At 00:36:34, Martin Luther King, III gives honor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and speaks about political, social, and economic concerns. This video concludes with emotional closing remarks by Joseph E. Lowery and attendees singing "We Shall Overcome".
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01400
- 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:
- 01:10:27
- 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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