- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia Meeting, November 1981
- Date of Original:
- 1981-11
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Religion
African American churches
Meetings
Speeches, addresses, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features Joseph E. Lowery speaking at a meeting of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia in Macon, Georgia in November 1981. Lowery's remarks revolve around the role of the church, and particularly the Black church, in the current United States' situation. Lowery speaks around the theme of the church as a bridge over troubled waters, a negotiator with political, social, economic, and justice issues.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00505
- 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:
- 00:42:03
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199
Series: Audiovisual - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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