SCLC 40th Annual National Convention in Atlanta. Town Hall Mtg. 7/27-30/'97

This video features speakers at a town hall meeting led by journalist Ed Gordon, an event that was part of the 40th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Convention. SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery speaks about next steps in the Black community and is featured on a panel with the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation representatives, Cornel West, and Minister Louis Farrakhan.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