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.
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.
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  • Decade = 1950-1959
  • Subjects = Civil rights movements
A group of Southern Christian Leadership Conference members stands below a marquee sign that says "Pilgrimage of Prayer". Written on verso: Virgil Wood, Melton Reed, Fred Shuttlesworth, Wyatt Walker, Curtis Harris
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group of SCLC Members Standing Below "Pilgrimage of Prayer" Marquee Sign, May 1957
Date Created
1957-05
Description
A group of Southern Christian Leadership Conference members stands below a marquee sign that says "Pilgrimage of Prayer". Written on verso: Virgil Wood, Melton Reed, Fred Shuttlesworth, Wyatt Walker, Curtis Harris
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Religion
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A photocopy of a photograph featured in a publication showing Martin Luther King, Jr. waiting to board a bus.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr., circa 1956
Date Created
1956/1957
Description
A photocopy of a photograph featured in a publication showing Martin Luther King, Jr. waiting to board a bus.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. stands with Ralph D. Abernathy as they speak with a Montgomery, Alabama police officer.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. With Ralph D. Abernathy, circa 1956
Date Created
1955/1957
Description
Martin Luther King, Jr. stands with Ralph D. Abernathy as they speak with a Montgomery, Alabama police officer.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American men, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King and her husband Martin Luther King, Jr. look at a book with their daughter Yolanda.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Yolanda King, circa 1955
Date Created
1955/1956
Description
Coretta Scott King and her husband Martin Luther King, Jr. look at a book with their daughter Yolanda.
Subject
African American women, African American men, African American children, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Andrew Young is shown speaking to a group of students.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Andrew Young and Others, circa 1955
Date Created
1950/1960
Description
Andrew Young is shown speaking to a group of students.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African American children
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series