- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Retirement Tribute Event for Joseph E. Lowery, Tape 3, 1997
- Date of Original:
- 1997
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American leadership
African American men
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 an event for Joseph E. Lowery in honor of his retirement from his role as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The recording opens with reflections and remembrances by Evelyn G. Lowery, Evelyn G. Redmond, Joseph E. Lowery, Cheryl Lowery, Yvonne Lowery, and some of Lowery's grandchildren. At 00:08:10, the video transitions to a banquet event marking Lowery's retirement from the SCLC. Karen Lowery performs a song and Joseph E. Lowery gives remarks reflecting on his civil rights career. The event concludes with event attendees joining hands and singing "We Shall Overcome"; Cornel West delivers the benediction. The recording ends with b-roll containing no audio of Lowery and others greeting and speaking with each other after the conclusion of the retirement banquet. Note: This video is a continuation of footage from the A/V asset found at this link: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00075.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01276
- 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:
- 00:47:47
- 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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