5th Annual King Holiday Human Rights Forum, January 17, 2008

Written on case: Human Rts. Tape 2. 32:00. Jas Orange. Keith Introduction. Ajamu - Katrina. Benetta - ACLU. Laura - Death Penalty. Written inside case: Dr. Jackson, Columbia Cutaways. Abelal Halim - Sudan. Brimah Contel[?] - France. Ndebele - So. Africa. We Shall Overcome. End of Program.

2008-01-17

2000-2009

This video features the 5th Annual King Holiday Human Rights Forum on January 17, 2008 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Atlanta, Georgia. This video opens with an introduction by Reverend James Orange and Dr. Keith Jennings, followed by a speech about racial discrimination and Hurricane Katrina by Ajamu Baraka. The forum continues with various speakers addressing concerns and reports regarding racial discrimination, voting, the death penalty, and economic development. This video concludes with forum participants singing "We Shall Overcome".

African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Civil rights
Human rights
Capital punishment
Race discrimination
Voting
Meetings

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