- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge Press Conference, May 1979
- Date of Original:
- 1979-05
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers
Interviews
Demonstrations
African Americans--Housing - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Joseph E. Lowery, Fred Taylor, and others are shown being interviewed by the press on the steps of the courthouse in Savannah, Georgia. Caption on front: SAVANNAH, GA.--- On steps of courthouse where a May 4 hearing resulted in 30-day jail sentences for four men arrested for trespassing on land at the Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge that they say actually belong to about 50 black families, SCLC president Dr. Joseph E. Lowery promises continued protest demonstrations and efforts to get legislation introduced into Congress which would enable the people to regain their land. With him are representatives of the families involved and (on Dr. Lowery's left) SCLC director of Chapters and affiliates Rev. Fred D. Taylor, who has remained in the area to consult with the families.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:03861
- 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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