- Collection:
- Isaac R. Clark Memorial Collection
- Title:
- March on Washington Report, August 30, 1961
- Date of Original:
- 1961-08-30
- Subject:
- African Americans--Religion
Education--Religion
Theology--Study and teaching
Theological seminaries
Sermons
Gospel music - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Adam Richardson describes elements of audio recording which includes singing. Clyde Williams of the Interdenominational Theological Center gives a report on the march on Washington. In the report he describes the people at the event including Mahalia Jackson and Martin Luther King Jr.
00:00:05 Adam Richardson identifies himself and describes elements of audio., 00:00:43 Adam Richardson and an unidentified man have a conversation., 00:04:48 Talks and introduces Vivian McFadden., 00:06:22 Choir sings., 00:07:35 Unidentified woman reads Sunny Side Up by Joan A. Blauche., 00:10:23 Adam Richardson introduces special tape., 00:11:18 Choir Sings., 00:21:25 Dr. Harry V. Richardson talks about the greatest occasion of a lifetime, the march on Washington, and introduces Clyde Williams to give a report on the march on Washington., 00:23:28 Clyde Williams displays one of the signs carried at the march and describes the march as a miracle., 00:24:44 Describes his reason for attending the march., 00:27:32 Talks about seeing the crowd and how television was not able to give an accurate account of what was happening., 00:28:38 Talks about how when Mahalia Jackson stood to sing, it electrified the crowd., 00:30:33 Ends report., 00:30:44 Dr. Harry V. Richardson thanks Clyde Williams and asks if there are any questions and talks about bringing to an end a wonderful summer session., 00:31:33 Audio ends.
The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.117:0104
- 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.
- Extent:
- 00:31:33
- Original Collection:
- Isaac R. Clark Memorial Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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