Martin Luther King Speaks, August 1973

SIDE 1: MLK Speaks. MLKS #7403. Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery.

1973-08

1970-1979

This audio recording features an episode of the radio program Martin Luther King Speaks. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Board Chairman Joseph E. Lowery delivers the keynote address at the 16th Annual SCLC Convention in August 1973. Lowery delivers a speech about SCLC's "moral responsibility" and obligation to fight for justice. Lowery encourages SCLC members to take on a new sense of "moral responsibility", help address poverty, elect moral politicians, and turn bad into good. Lowery challenges Black people to unite, love each other, and fight for justice. The episode concludes with a call for support and justice for 55,000 imprisoned men who refused to fight in the Vietnam War. Audio is muffled.

African Americans--Civil rights
Speeches
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Politics and government
Vietnam War (1961-1975)

sound recording

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audiotapes

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

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00634

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