- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 39th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 1996
- Date of Original:
- 1996-08
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Politics and government
Meetings
Voting - Location:
- United States, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, 42.33143, -83.04575
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features proceedings from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 39th Annual Convention held at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. This video opens with a luncheon, facilitated by former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young. U.S. Representative John Conyers and Coretta Scott King pay tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. and speak about the importance of voter education and registration. At 00:49:41, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery presents the Matthew Moore Corporate Responsibility Award, the 1996 SCLC Chapter Leader Award, the Ralph Abernathy Community Service Award, the SCLC Humanitarian Award, and other political, societal, and educational awards to community leaders. This video concludes with a summary of upcoming 39th Annual Convention events read by Joseph E. Lowery.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01405
- 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:
- 02:04:39
- 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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