<I>The Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 6, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, American, 1921 - 2020
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.23.1a, 2011.174.23.1b, 2011.174.23.1c, and 2011.174.23.1d.
label: Description
content: The Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery recalls his position as pastor at the Warren Street Church in Mobile, Alabama, in the 1950s. He remembers joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the differences in race relations between Mobile and other southern cities, and helping to found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He reflects on the effectiveness of nonviolence, the libel suit against him, sit-ins across the country, and the Selma to Montgomery March.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0023
place: label: Place collected
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Mobile, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Civil Rights History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: Selma to Montgomery Marches
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.174.23.1a-d
objectType: label: Type
content: video recordings
label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 1 hr., 2 min., 49 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 102.8 GB