SCLC Rally Regarding Church Burnings, 1996

Written on tape: SCLC Rally/ Church Burnings

1996

1990-1999

This video features a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) rally regarding church burnings held at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Church representatives speak about the cruelty of church burnings in response to the 64 church burnings in 1995 and advocate for the rebuilding of churches and communities. At 00:24:10, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery addresses SCLC's plans to help rebuild churches and provide church resources, and the importance of working together to make positive changes. At 00:52:32, a press conference on church burnings begins. This video concludes with Joseph E. Lowery's remarks to the press on church burnings and the needs for racial and economic justice. He concludes his remarks by giving directions to Springfield Baptist Church in Madison, Georgia to continue the SCLC Church Reconstruction motorcade. For more details about the events captured in this audiovisual asset, see pages 36-37 of the August-September 1996 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07064.

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African Americans--Civil rights
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African Americans--Religion
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The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection

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