- 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 Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Economic conditions
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Poverty
Police brutality - 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 in Detroit, Michigan. This video opens with SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery speaking at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Lowery preaches around the subject "Who We Be", in which he emphasizes redefining ourselves and challenging the criminal justice and political systems to create more economic opportunities within Black communities. Lowery encourages the congregation to unite despite differences and difficulties. At 01:20:30, Lowery speaks about terrorism and the refusal to "bow down", in which he addresses church burnings, the bombing at Centennial Olympic Park, police brutality, poverty, and equal education. Lowery encourages the congregation to unite to fight against social terrorism, political terrorism, and economic terrorism, violence, and economic injustice. This video concludes with the singing of "We Shall Overcome".
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01410
- 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:
- 02:01:58
- 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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