- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- SCLC: The Contemporary Chapter - Dr. Joycelyn Elders at the 37th Annual SCLC Convention, 1994
- Date of Original:
- 1994
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Meetings
Speeches, addresses, etc.
African Americans--Health and hygiene
African American children
Demonstrations - Location:
- United States, Texas, Dallas County, Dallas, 32.78306, -96.80667
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features a produced episode of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) "The Contemporary Chapter" highlighting the 37th Annual SCLC Convention's Human Rights Luncheon. At 00:04:08, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery introduces the first African American U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, who speaks about what the civil rights movement means to her, the necessary steps to fight for access to healthcare, and the need to address AIDS, educational equity, and other civil rights issues. This video concludes with footage of a SCLC "Stop The Killing, End The Violence" march.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01448
- 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:
- 00:31:03
- 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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