Operation Breadbasket - Interview With Evelyn G. Lowery, September 30, 1982

O.B.B. 9-30-82. Guest: Mrs. Lowery.

1982-09-30

1980-1989

This video features an Operation Breadbasket interview with Evelyn G. Lowery on September 30, 1982 in Detroit, Michigan. In this video, Evelyn G. Lowery speaks about the establishment of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.'s support for their parent organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, women empowerment, and efforts to support Black families with a focus on children. Lowery also speaks about SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.'s programs, including the annual oratorical contest, tutoring programs, help with Atlanta's Missing and Murdered Children crisis, and many other programs. Through the interview, Lowery emphasizes the importance of women uniting to address social, economic, and political issues.

African American women social reformers
African American civil rights workers
African American women
Interviews
Women's rights
African Americans--Civil rights

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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

Michigan--Detroit

Series: Audiovisual

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00883

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