| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Mandela, Coretta Scott King, and Joseph E. Lowery at The King Center, 1990 | 1990 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery (at right) is shown with Nelson Mandela and Coretta Scott King at The King Center as part of an event welcoming Mandela to Atlanta. | African Americans--Civil rights, Apartheid, Race relations, Special events | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Meet With Yasser Arafat, September 20, 1979 | 1979-09-20 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery (second from left) is shown with his wife Evelyn and other members of the SCLC delegation that traveled to Lebanon as part of a peace mission. The SCLC delegation stand with Yasser Arafat (at center), the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, African American civil rights workers | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Meet With Yasser Arafat, September 20, 1979 | 1979-09-20 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery (second from left) is shown with his wife Evelyn and other members of the SCLC delegation that traveled to Lebanon as part of a peace mission. The SCLC delegation stand with Yasser Arafat (at center), the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. From left to right in the photo are Evelyn G. Lowery, Joseph E. Lowery, unidentified man, Yasser Arafat, C.T. Vivian, Walter E. Fauntroy, and Reverend Bernard Lee. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Yasser Arafat, September 20, 1979 | 1979-09-20 | A photo of Yasser Arafat during his meeting with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference peace delegation. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Meet With Yasser Arafat, September 20, 1979 | 1979-09-20 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery (third from left) is shown with his wife Evelyn and other members of the SCLC delegation that traveled to Lebanon as part of a peace mission. The SCLC delegation stand with Yasser Arafat (at center), the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Yasser Arafat Shakes Hands With Evelyn G. Lowery, Septemer 20, 1979 | 1979-09-20 | Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, shakes hands with Evelyn G. Lowery. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Joseph E. Lowery and Yasser Arafat, September 20, 1979 | 1979-09-20 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks with Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat. Lowery was in Lebanon as part of a SCLC peace mission with other delegation members. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| SCLC Delegation in Lebanon, September 20, 1979 | 1979-09-20 | Members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) delegation to Lebanon join hands with Yasser Arafat and other Lebanese and Palestinian representatives and sing "We Shall Overcome". The delegation traveled to Lebanon as part of SCLC's Mid-East peace mission. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Joseph and Evelyn Lowery With Other SCLC Members in Lebanon, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown with his wife Evelyn and others in the SCLC delegation that traveled to Lebanon as part of SCLC's Mid-East peace mission. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Joseph E. Lowery Sharing Food With Others During His Visit to Lebanon, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Joseph E. Lowery is shown eating food with other individuals while in Lebanon as part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Mid-East peace mission. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, African American civil rights workers | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Palestinian Children Perform for the Visiting SCLC Delegation, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Refugee Palestinian children in Lebanon perform for the visiting Southern Christian Leadership Conference delegation. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Children | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Evelyn G. Lowery Holds a Tapestry Embroidered With The Palestinian Flag, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Evelyn G. Lowery is shown holding a tapestry embroidered with the Palestinian flag. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, African American women | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Joseph E. Lowery Comforts a Crying Woman, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery comforts a crying woman during his Mid-East peace mission to Lebanon. Written on verso: Peace mission to middle east. Southern Lebanon. Lowery comforts Lebanese mother who finds child's clothes in bombing ruins. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| SCLC Delegation in Lebanon, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery (at center) holds a mosaic plaque depicting a historic site in Palestine. Evelyn G. Lowery holds a doll while SCLC Board Chairman Walter E. Fauntroy holds a mosaic plaque depicting the Dome of the Rock. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| SCLC Delegation in Lebanon, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) delegation meet with Lebanese and Palestinian representatives. The delegation traveled to Lebanon as part of SCLC's Mid-East peace mission. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| SCLC Delegation in Lebanon, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) delegation meet in Lebanon. The delegation traveled to Lebanon as part of SCLC's Mid-East peace mission. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Joseph E. Lowery Speaks With a Nurse, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks with a nurse holding a toddler as another young child sitting on a bed looks on. Lowery was with members of a SCLC delegation on a peace mission in Lebanon. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements, Children | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Palestinian refugee children play with bottlecaps as other men look on and smile at the camera. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Reverend Harry Gibson With a Child in Lebanon, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Reverend Harry Gibson, a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) delegation to Lebanon, poses for a photo with a young child displaying their artwork. The delegation traveled to Lebanon as part of SCLC's Mid-East peace mission. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements, Children | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Joseph and Evelyn Lowery in Lebanon, September 1979 | 1979-09 | Southern Chrisitian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown with his wife, Evelyn, and an unidentified man during their visit to Lebanon as part of a Mid-East peace mission. | International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
May 11, 2022
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
The Photograph series consists of photographs, negatives, slides and photo albums relating to Joseph E. Lowery and Evelyn G. Lowery from circa 1900-2019 inclusive (bulk: 1950-1990). The images include individual portraits and snapshots of the Lowerys; images of the Lowerys with various relatives, friends, and acquaintances; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. (SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.) activities; other events, people and places; slides; negatives; and photograph albums. This series contains original images, as well as reproductions of photographs including photocopies of prints on paper.
