- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- 3rd Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N Drum Major For Justice Awards Dinner, April 4, 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982-04-04
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Education
School integration
Special events - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Joseph E. Lowery is shown presenting a Drum Major for Justice Award to James Meredith for being a "Pioneer in Education" during the 3rd Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards dinner. Written on verso: King Weekend -- SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery (right) presents James Meredith with a special Drum Major award April 4 for his pioneering role in integrating the University of Mississippi. The occasion was the third annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Drum Major Awards Dinner on the 14th anniversary of Dr. King's assassination.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:03568
- 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.
- 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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