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This folder contains documents related to the arrest of Southern Christian Leadership Conference demonstrators in Perry, Georgia and their imprisonment at an ex-prison farm in Dooly County. 7 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Records Regarding Arrests Resulting From Perry to Atlanta March, May 1970
Date Created
1970-05
Description
This folder contains documents related to the arrest of Southern Christian Leadership Conference demonstrators in Perry, Georgia and their imprisonment at an ex-prison farm in Dooly County. 7 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Associations, institutions, etc., Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
United Press International (UPI) teletypes regarding the Poor People's Campaign and the arrest of Dick Gregory. 7 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
UPI Teletypes on the Poor People's Campaign and Arrest of Dick Gregory, June 1968
Date Created
1968-06
Description
United Press International (UPI) teletypes regarding the Poor People's Campaign and the arrest of Dick Gregory. 7 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Poverty, African American entertainers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
An United Press International (UPI) teletype on Reverend Jesse L. Jackson issuing a call for Black athletes to boycott the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City in order to protest against poverty in America. 1 page.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
UPI Teletype Story on Black Athletes Boycotting the Olympic Games, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
An United Press International (UPI) teletype on Reverend Jesse L. Jackson issuing a call for Black athletes to boycott the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City in order to protest against poverty in America. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Poverty, Olympics, African American athletes
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
A page of songs for Resurrection City written by J. Edward Haycraft, titled "In Resurrection City" and "You Can't Keep Us Down". 1 page.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Resurrection City Songs, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
A page of songs for Resurrection City written by J. Edward Haycraft, titled "In Resurrection City" and "You Can't Keep Us Down". 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Poverty, African Americans--Music
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
This folder contains the detailed schedule for Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Ralph D. Abernathy during the Poor People's Campaign from May 5, 1968 to June 2, 1968. 16 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Poor People's Campaign Schedule, May 5 - June 2, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
This folder contains the detailed schedule for Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Ralph D. Abernathy during the Poor People's Campaign from May 5, 1968 to June 2, 1968. 16 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Poverty
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
A document titled "The Poor People's Platform" presented at the 1972 Democratic National Convention by the National Welfare Rights Organization, the National Tenants Organization, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 1 page.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
The Poor People's Platform, 1972
Date Created
1972
Description
A document titled "The Poor People's Platform" presented at the 1972 Democratic National Convention by the National Welfare Rights Organization, the National Tenants Organization, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Poverty, Political participation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) news releases from 1968 and 1969 regarding labor, SCLC's Ministers Leadership Training Program, Jeffersonville, Georgia, the trial of James Earl Ray, photographer Brig Cabe, and the jailing of SCLC President Ralph D. Abernathy during the Charleston hospital workers' strike. This PDF also includes two telegrams to Robert Johnson of Jet Magazine about SCLC food assistance in Marks, Mississippi and the establishment of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professorship/Scholarship Fund at Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York. 10 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
SCLC News Releases and Telegrams, 1968-1969
Date Created
1968/1969
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) news releases from 1968 and 1969 regarding labor, SCLC's Ministers Leadership Training Program, Jeffersonville, Georgia, the trial of James Earl Ray, photographer Brig Cabe, and the jailing of SCLC President Ralph D. Abernathy during the Charleston hospital workers' strike. This PDF also includes two telegrams to Robert Johnson of Jet Magazine about SCLC food assistance in Marks, Mississippi and the establishment of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professorship/Scholarship Fund at Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York. 10 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Labor, Demonstrations, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Religion
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
The text of a telegram sent to United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim from Ralph D. Abernathy regarding the killing of student demonstrators in Africa. 1 page.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Text of Telegram to Kurt Waldheim from Ralph D. Abernathy, August 17, 1976
Date Created
1976-08-17
Description
The text of a telegram sent to United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim from Ralph D. Abernathy regarding the killing of student demonstrators in Africa. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Africa, Demonstrations, International relations, Africa, Apartheid, Crime
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
This folder contains a speech by Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Ralph D. Abernathy titled "Where Do We Go From Here", in which he addresses topics such as inflation, employment, the energy crisis, and politics. This folder also contains a draft of a memo regarding a selective buying campaign launched by the Pittsburgh NAACP against the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A & P). 13 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
"Where Do We Go From Here" Speech and Memo Draft, April 3, 1974
Date Created
1974-04-03
Description
This folder contains a speech by Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Ralph D. Abernathy titled "Where Do We Go From Here", in which he addresses topics such as inflation, employment, the energy crisis, and politics. This folder also contains a draft of a memo regarding a selective buying campaign launched by the Pittsburgh NAACP against the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A & P). 13 pages.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African Americans--Economic conditions, Political participation, Vietnam War (1961-1975), Demonstrations, Speeches
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
This folder contains a printed booklet titled "To Preach The Gospel To The Poor", containing introductory remarks and a letter by Ralph D. Abernathy written from a jail in Charleston, South Carolina where Abernathy had been imprisoned as part of the Charleston hospital workers' strike. 11 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
"To Preach The Gospel To The Poor" Booklet, April 29, 1969
Date Created
1969-04-29
Description
This folder contains a printed booklet titled "To Preach The Gospel To The Poor", containing introductory remarks and a letter by Ralph D. Abernathy written from a jail in Charleston, South Carolina where Abernathy had been imprisoned as part of the Charleston hospital workers' strike. 11 pages.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Employment, Poverty, Labor, Demonstrations, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
This folder contains a letter with enclosures from Reverend James L. Bevel, the executive director of Making A Nation (M.A.N.), regarding the United Nations Genocide Treaty. 7 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Correspondence and Enclosures Regarding the United Nations Genocide Treaty, July 28, 1970
Date Created
1970-07-28
Description
This folder contains a letter with enclosures from Reverend James L. Bevel, the executive director of Making A Nation (M.A.N.), regarding the United Nations Genocide Treaty. 7 pages.
Subject
International relations, Conflict management, Demonstrations, Human rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records