Southern Christian Leadership Conference Rally in Greensboro, Alabama, February 9, 1982

SIDE 1: Greensboro - Feb. 9, '82. J.E. Speaker.

1982-02-09

1980-1989

This audio recording features a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) rally in Greensboro, Alabama on February 9, 1982. At this meeting, speakers discuss the unjust conviction of Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder who were accused of voting fraud. Participants advocate for Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder's innocence and the Voting Rights Act. At 00:16:15, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery speaks about "broken pieces of a ship", in which he emphasizes the inevitability of unavoidable and unchangeable situations and how people must continue to march, fight, and advocate for justice together. Audio note: Distorted audio high background noise and high noise floor throughout recording playback; Inconsistent volume levels throughout recording playback.

African Americans--Civil rights
Meetings
Demonstrations
African Americans--Politics and government
African Americans--Economic conditions
Voting

sound recording

audio/mpeg

audiotapes

The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection

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

01:02:24

Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Alabama--Greensboro

Series: Audiovisual

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00956

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