- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 40th Annual Convention Proceedings, July 29, 1997
- Date of Original:
- 1997-07-29
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Meetings
Labor
Civil rights movements
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Housing
African American women social reformers - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video features proceedings from the 40th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. The recording opens with the 14th Annual Labor Solidarity Breakfast at which the moderator, AFL-CIO representative Richard Womack, introduces the subject of "Teaching Our Dollars Some Sense". Panelist Yvonne Scruggs speaks about housing and AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney delivers general remarks on the history of and continuing struggle of the labor and civil rights movements. The recording switches at 01:05:47 to the proceedings of the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Luncheon, which includes musical performances and the presentation of awards to individuals, including Evelyn G. Lowery, Coretta Scott King, Dorothy Cotton, Alexis Herman, and Maggie Bozeman. The recording concludes with an introduction of guest speaker Alexis Herman, the U.S. Secretary of Labor. The proceedings of the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Luncheon continue on the A/V asset found at this link: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00403. Note: Tape recorded with ch 1 audio level fluctuating from low to hot audio levels throughout tape, ch 1 audio level adjusted to the best quality possible.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01267
- 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:
- 01:50:20
- 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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