- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Observance Event, January 20, 1986
- Date of Original:
- 1986-01-20
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
Civil rights movements
Special events - 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 addresses a crowd at Ebenezer Baptist Church during the first King Holiday celebration. Written on verso: Lowery addresses 1st King Holiday celebration at Ebenezer. On the first federal holiday observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, January 20, 1986, SCLC president Dr. Joseph Lowery delivers a singular tribute to SCLC's founding President Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Seated on the dais in Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. are (L-R) Senator Edward Kennedy, Christine King Farris (Dr. King's sister), Coretta Scott King of the Center for Non-violent Social Change, United States Vice President George Bush (behind Dr. Lowery) Nobel Peace Prize Laureate South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, HUD Director Samuel Pierce. GA Governor Joe Frank Harris, Dr. Joseph Roberts, Pastor Ebenezer Baptist Church and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:05434
- 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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