- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- SCLC: The Contemporary Chapter - Rodney King Verdict Rally, 1992
- Date of Original:
- 1992
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements
Police brutality
Demonstrations
African Americans--Economic conditions - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- 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" documenting a rally held in response to the Rodney King verdict. This video includes footage of a rally in which demonstrators protest against police brutality and the acquittal of the police officers in the Rodney King case. At 00:06:20, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery speaks about the unjust verdict and how it is reminiscent of times when barbarism and slavery still existed in which people lacked morality, respect, and ethics. Lowery addresses the violence and injustices in the criminal justice system and encourages demonstrators to nonviolently protest conditions that cause "economic violence". This video concludes with remarks from Leslie Seymour, Chair of the National Black Police Association.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01455
- 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:
- 00:30:10
- 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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