Written on tape: SCLC: The Contemporary Chapter. SCLC/Women. Oratorical Contest (28:16). Charles Willis and Roy Patterson. [Producers]

This video features a produced episode of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) "The Contemporary Chapter" highlighting the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Oratorical Contest in 1991. This video opens with the presentation of the oratorical awards to the runner ups, 2nd place, and 1st place recipients by Evelyn G. Lowery. At 00:05:38, 2nd place winner David Cobb gives his oratorical speech in which he defines violence, explains the three types of violence, and the proposed solutions to address violence. At 00:13:13, 1st place oratorical contest winner Collette Morgan speaks about how violence begins within families and homes, then spreads into communities and encourages listeners to build up each other and create peace within households and communities. At 00:22:35, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery congratulates the contestants. This video concludes with participants singing "We Shall Overcome".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