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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Joseph E. Lowery speaking to a group of Morehouse College students about registering to vote. Written on verso: Rapping with the brothers - President Lowery at Morehouse College recruiting the unregistered.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaking to Morehouse College Students, circa 1984
Date Created
1983/1985
Description
Joseph E. Lowery speaking to a group of Morehouse College students about registering to vote. Written on verso: Rapping with the brothers - President Lowery at Morehouse College recruiting the unregistered.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American men, African American youth--Education, African American universities and colleges, Voting, Voter registration
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend James Orange speaks to Atlanta University Center students during a voting rights workshop. Written on verso: Students Workshop -- Rev. James Orange, the international representative for the Industrial Union Department of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Unions, outlines a point on community organizing to Atlanta University Center students attending voting rights workshop sponsored by SCLC last March.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend James Orange Teaching a Group of Atlanta University Center Students, March 1982
Date Created
1982-03
Description
Reverend James Orange speaks to Atlanta University Center students during a voting rights workshop. Written on verso: Students Workshop -- Rev. James Orange, the international representative for the Industrial Union Department of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Unions, outlines a point on community organizing to Atlanta University Center students attending voting rights workshop sponsored by SCLC last March.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American youth--Education, Voting
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff member Brenda Davenport at a voting rights workshop provided by the SCLC national office. More details on the workshop can be found on pages 33-37 of the June-July 1982 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07085. Written on verso: Students Workshop -- Young Atlantans listen to speakers at a recent voting rights workshop provided by the national office of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for college students, particularly those matriculating within the Atlanta University Center. At right is Brenda Davenport, a coordinator of the workshop and an activist devoted to getting young people more involved in the movement for freedom and justice. Organizing the students around voting rights is a starting point.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Brenda Davenport at a Voting Rights Workshop, March 1982
Date Created
1982-03
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff member Brenda Davenport at a voting rights workshop provided by the SCLC national office. More details on the workshop can be found on pages 33-37 of the June-July 1982 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07085. Written on verso: Students Workshop -- Young Atlantans listen to speakers at a recent voting rights workshop provided by the national office of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for college students, particularly those matriculating within the Atlanta University Center. At right is Brenda Davenport, a coordinator of the workshop and an activist devoted to getting young people more involved in the movement for freedom and justice. Organizing the students around voting rights is a starting point.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Voting, African American universities and colleges
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series