Joseph E. Lowery's 85th Birthday Celebration, 2006

Written on case: Floor Cam 2. Walter Fauntroy. Dick Gregory. Bishop Woodie White. Gospel Saxophonist. Angela Christie. Johnny Ford/Maxine Waters.

2006

2000-2009

This video features a tribute event to celebrate Joseph E. Lowery's 85th birthday held at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. This video opens with a dedication from Walter E. Fauntroy and Dick Gregory to Joseph E. Lowery followed by remarks and a gift presentation by Bishop Woodie White, pastor of the United Methodist Church. This video also includes a musical performance by saxophonist Angella Christie and remarks from Tuskegee, Alabama Mayor Johnny Ford. This video concludes with a dedication from U.S. Representative Maxine Waters to Joseph E. Lowery. Some of the content of this video overlaps with content found in the audiovisual asset at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01358.

African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
Special events
African American entertainers

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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Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Georgia--Atlanta

Series: Audiovisual

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01392

The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection.

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