1st Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Oratorical Contest, July 20, 1980

SIDE 1: SCLC/Women. Orat. Cont. July 20, '80

1980-07-20

1980-1989

This audio recording features a partial recording of the 1st Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Oratorical Contest on July 20, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia. The recording includes speeches by high school students who give self-written speeches on the topic of "what the civil rights movement means to you - my role and my future". The recording also features live music and songs by a choir. At 00:20:00, Evelyn G. Lowery shares the purpose of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.'s Oratorical Contest and presents awards to task force members and the first place winner of the contest. Audio note: Left Channel louder than Right Channel throughout recording playback.

African Americans--Civil rights
Speeches
African American youth--Education
Race discrimination

sound recording

audio/mpeg

audiotapes

The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection

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

00:36:19

Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Georgia--Atlanta

Series: Audiovisual

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00603

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.

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