Coretta Scott King Memorial Service, Tape 2, February 5, 2006

Written on case: Memorial Service for Mrs. King Feb. 5, 2006. Tape 2. Inside case: Mt. Vernon Wedding Reception Cam. 1

2006-02-05

2000-2009

This video features tape two of a recording of a memorial service for Coretta Scott King at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The recording opens with Juanita Abernathy sharing remembrances of King, including comments on the history of the formation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center and King's childhood in Marion, Alabama. Other speakers, including Sheyann Webb-Christburg, Amelia Boynton Robinson, Christine King Farris, and Evelyn G. Lowery, recall stories of their interactions with King. The service includes a musical performance by a choir and closes with all attendees singing "We Shall Overcome".

African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
African American women
African American women social reformers
Funeral rites and ceremonies

moving image

video/mp4

videotapes

The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection

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

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07173

Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Georgia--Atlanta

Series: Audiovisual

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