- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Ralph D. Abernathy Presents a Plaque to Berry Gordy, Jr., circa 1972
- Date of Original:
- 1968/1973
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
Civil rights movements
African American businesspeople - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Ralph D. Abernathy is shown holding a plaque that he is presenting to Berry Gordy, Jr. in recognition of Gordy's support in the civil rights movement. Written on attached memo: Special thanks - The Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, reads from a plaque he presented to Mr. Berry Gordy Jr., president of the Motown Record Corp. Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. awaits her turn to present Mr. Gordy a set of Dr. King's books. The plaque presented to Mr. Gordy by Rev. Abernathy was inscribed: "In appreciation for your contributions to the cause of freedom". Mr. Gordy had flown in some of his top artists to perform at a benefit in honor of the Poor People's Campaign staged in Atlanta last Thursday.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:04834
- 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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