Joseph E. Lowery Speaking at a Press Conference, 1996

Dr. Lowery News Conf. Affirmative Action (GOP).

1996

1990-1999

This video features a press conference with Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery in Atlanta, Georgia. Lowery speaks about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s work for equity for all and how that work connects to affirmative action. Lowery goes on to speak about the importance of affirmative action and criticizes politicians who twist Dr. King's words. He also comments on the economic landscape in the U.S. The bulk of Lowery's comments in this press conference were driven by the news that the California Republican Party planned to use Martin Luther King, Jr.'s image and quotes from his "I Have a Dream" speech to promote Proposition 209, a ballot initiative to end most affirmative action programs in California.

African Americans--Civil rights
African American leadership
Affirmative action programs
Race discrimination
Interviews

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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

Georgia--Atlanta

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