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Container:
Box 115, Cassette 19-20
Type:
Archival materials
Audio
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Friday. February L 1980. "We'll Never Turn Back" Photo Exhibit Opening.
version 3 (incomplete - remarks only')
Side A
BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON introduces ROGER KENNEDY of the
Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution.
ROGER KENNEDY give welcome and thanks the sponsors and contributors. Introduces MAYOR MARION BARRY, former chairman of SNCC and mayor of Washington, DC.
MAYOR BARRY speaks about continuing to improve racial relations.
DR. LORRAINE A. WILLIAMS, Vice President for Academic Affairs,
Howard University.
Discusses the sacrifice required in the pursuit of freedom.
EDITH MAYO, Associate Curator, Museum of History and Technology,
Smithsonian Institution.
Discusses the work involved in putting together the "We'll Never Turn Back"
photo exhibit.
WORTH LONG, Guest Curator.
Discusses the "We'll Never Turn Back" exhibit and how the photos capture
the struggle of the Civil Rights' Movement.
Introduces the photographers in attendance: TAMIO WAKAYAMA, MATT
HERRON, MARIA VARELA, ELAINE TOMLIN, CHARLES MOORE
BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON tells attendees to follow MAYOR BARRY,
after a song, to the exhibit.
Tape stops before "We Shall Overcome" Last 11 minutes blank
Side B
Blank
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Collection Citation:
Program in African American Culture Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
