SIDE 1: Oratorical Contest.

This audio recording features proceedings from the 3rd Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Oratorical Contest on August 18, 1982 at New Pilgrimage Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Six high school students compete for a college scholarship by reciting self-written speeches on the theme: Black America: Let's Turn to Each Other and Not On Each Other Economically, Politically, and Spiritually. At 00:53:15, Reverend Fred Taylor leads participants in singing freedom songs and the "Fired Up" chant. This audio recording concludes with a speech from the final contestant of the 3rd Annual Oratorical Contest.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