Southern Christian Leadership Conference 30th Anniversary Selma to Montgomery March Events, March 1995

Selma to Montgomery. Tues. March 7, 1995. Thurs. March 9, 1995.

1995-03

1990-1999

This video features footage from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) 30th Anniversary Selma to Montgomery March events in March 1995. This video begins with Reverend James Orange leading demonstrators in singing "We Shall Overcome", "Black and White Together", "Fired Up" and other songs to rally for voting rights. SCLC members lead UAW members, C.A.R.E. representatives, high school and college students, and other demonstrators to the Viola Liuzzo memorial site. The footage then documents speeches and performances at a Lowndes County, Alabama church, and moves to Montgomery, Alabama to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March. At 01:38:22, the video concludes with remarks from SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery about voting rights and continuing to march despite being tired. Audio cuts out from 01:21:43 to 01:24:21.

African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Demonstrations
Voting

moving image

video/mp4

videotapes

The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199

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Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Alabama--Lowndes County
Alabama--Montgomery

Series: Audiovisual

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00482

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