- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- 11th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards, April 7, 1990
- Date of Original:
- 1990-04-07
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American actors
African Americans--Politics and government
African American athletes
African Americans--Education
Africa
Special events - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features the proceedings of the 11th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major For Justice Awards Dinner held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The proceedings, co-hosted by actor Hal Williams and journalist Monica Kaufman, includes musical performances and various speakers providing remarks before the introduction of award recipients. Speakers at the ceremony include Hank Thomas, president of the Black McDonald's Operators Association, Coretta Scott King, and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. staffer Carolyn Watson, who introduces the "Salute To Youth" award to several young people alongside another SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. member. Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery delivers remarks and then the introduction of award recipients begins. Award recipients include Raven-Symone, Gwendolyn S. King, African National Congress representative Lindiwe Mabuza, Warren Moon, Randall Robinson, Johnnie Carr, Stedman Graham, and Oprah Winfrey.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00813
- 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:
- 01:52:40
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199 - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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