- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Joseph E. Lowery Delivering Keynote at Anti-Klan Conference in Atlanta, December 1979
- Date of Original:
- 1979-12
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Race discrimination
Meetings - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery delivers the keynote address at an Anti-Klan Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia. More details about the conference can be found on pages 50-51 of the January-February 1980 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07011. Written on verso: Joseph E. Lowery delivered keynote address at Anti-Klan Conference in Atlanta during the month of December. The SCLC President said a united effort is needed to bring an end to KKK violence and a rising wave of racism. Listening attentively is Ken Chastain, a union organizer who was beaten up by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Note: Duplicate of photo can found at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:02407.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:04531
- 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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