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The 3rd Annual Walter Rodney Public Speakers Series, Spring 2015
No full textThe 3rd Annual Walter Rodney Public Speakers Series
GCPA Statewide Voter Conf. 6/1/02. Tape 2.
No full textThis video features footage from a luncheon event at the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples' Agenda's (GCPA) Statewide Voter Conference. Speakers at the event include Reverend Albert Love, who alongside GCPA Chair Joseph E. Lowery, presents scholarship recipients who read their essays about "what citizenship means to me". Georgia state representative Pamela Stanley and Rita Samuels give remarks and then Reverend James Orange introduces U.S. representative Cynthia McKinney to speak. Georgia state senator Nan Orrock also delivers remarks. The video switches at 01:16:14 to another part of the conference events held in a church, at which various speakers address state and national issues impacting Georgia voters.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
SCLC 25th Commemoration Wreath Laying and Communion Service. 1st Part of Concert. 4/4/93
No full textThis video features a Southern Christian Leadership Conference led commemoration service marking the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Speakers at the event include the Reverend Dr. Joseph L. Roberts, SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. founder Evelyn G. Lowery, representatives from The King Center, the NAACP, Christine King Farris, Coretta Scott King, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, and others. The event also includes musical performances and footage of the wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of Martin Luther King, Jr.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
SCLC 29 Convention. Jacksonville, Florida., 1986 (3)
No full textThis video features proceedings from the 29th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Convention in Jacksonville, Florida. The video consists of footage of the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Annual Luncheon, which includes a prayer led by Reverend Renita Thomas and a panel presentation discussing the theme of "the feminization of poverty". The panelists who speak are Dr. Joyce Ladner, a professor of social work at Howard University, and Maxine Green, of the National Tenant Organization. Ladner speaks about teen pregnancy, single parenting, infant mortality and drug abuse. Green discusses welfare reforms, housing, daycare, and benefit payments. The proceedings also include the presentation of awards to Septima Clark and others. Evelyn G. Lowery, Rosa Parks, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, and Coretta Scott King deliver remarks.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Hungry Club Dr. Lowery 4/7/93.
No full textThis video features the proceedings of the Hungry Club Forum at the Butler Street YMCA in Atlanta, Georgia. This forum features Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President and Reverend Joseph E. Lowery as the keynote speaker. Reverend Renita Thomas provides a brief introduction of Lowery and then Lowery comes to the podium to speak. Lowery speaks on the topic of "beating gun powder into soul power", addressing the gun violence that permeates American society. Alongside gun violence, Lowery speaks about "economic violence" and its impact on U.S. citizens. The event concludes with a question and answer session with Lowery. The recording shows candid footage of people conversing after the event concludes and then the camera person proceeds to another room at the YMCA where SCLC members are seen accepting guns as part of the Gun Buy-Back Program.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Dr. Lowery News Conf. Affirmative Action (GOP).
No full textThis video features a press conference with Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery in Atlanta, Georgia. Lowery speaks about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s work for equity for all and how that work connects to affirmative action. Lowery goes on to speak about the importance of affirmative action and criticizes politicians who twist Dr. King's words. He also comments on the economic landscape in the U.S. The bulk of Lowery's comments in this press conference were driven by the news that the California Republican Party planned to use Martin Luther King, Jr.'s image and quotes from his "I Have a Dream" speech to promote Proposition 209, a ballot initiative to end most affirmative action programs in California.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Invisible Giants #1. 3-3-95
No full textThis video features proceedings from the "Invisible Giants of the Voting Rights Movement Coming Into View" women's conference held in Selma, Alabama on March 3-4, 1995. The conference was sponsored by The National Voting Rights Museum and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. The purpose of the conference is to highlight the history and stories of unsung women in the civil rights movement. The recording beings with attendees singing, a brief commentary on "sheroes", and then various speakers come to the podium to speak toward the theme of the conference, that of identifying "invisible giants" of the civil rights movement. Civil rights activist Marie Foster is recognized for her work and then the program proceeds to a panel titled "Women of Color: Invisible Giants in the Suffrage Movement". The recording includes musical performances by children and concludes with remarks from Willie Barrow, the co-founder of Operation PUSH.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Unidentified Speaker, circa 1978
No full textAn unidentified speaker stands at a podium.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of historic collections as part of the project: Our Story: Digitizing Publications and Photographs of the Historically Black Atlanta University Center Institutions.</em