This audio recording features an episode of Martin Luther King Speaks, a series of sermons and speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Joseph E. Lowery, and others in the civil rights movement. This episode features an address by Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery at the 24th Annual SCLC Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lowery speaks about the assault on Black life, from slavery to the continued inequity of Black people in social/economic/political conditions and healthcare needs.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 i...