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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Rosa Parks and Johnnie Carr listen in the audience during the proceedings of a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Written on verso: Rosa Parks and Johnnie Carr; Montgomery
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Rosa Parks and Johnnie Carr listen in the audience during the proceedings of a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Written on verso: Rosa Parks and Johnnie Carr; Montgomery
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American women, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery, Evelyn G. Lowery, and UAW-Detroit representative Joe Davis pose for a photo at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan. Written on verso: Joe Davis, Detroit Auto Union Leader
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery, Evelyn G. Lowery, and UAW-Detroit representative Joe Davis pose for a photo at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan. Written on verso: Joe Davis, Detroit Auto Union Leader
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc., Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Rosa Parks and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a photo during the proceedings of a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Rosa Parks and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a photo during the proceedings of a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American women, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery pose for a group photo with other Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Board members and meeting attendees during the SCLC Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Other Board members in the photo include Claud Young (first on right) and Evelyn Occhino (third from right).
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery pose for a group photo with other Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Board members and meeting attendees during the SCLC Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Other Board members in the photo include Claud Young (first on right) and Evelyn Occhino (third from right).
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery laughs at something during a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery laughs at something during a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
E. Randel T. Osburn, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference director of chapters and affiliates, speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
E. Randel T. Osburn, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference director of chapters and affiliates, speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/WOMEN President Evelyn G. Lowery is shown listening during a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
SCLC/WOMEN President Evelyn G. Lowery is shown listening during a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American women, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dick Gregory is shown speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Dick Gregory is shown speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American entertainers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dick Gregory is shown speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Dick Gregory is shown speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American entertainers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Middle school students are shown posing for a picture at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference national headquarters. Information from page 19 of the 29th Annual SCLC Convention Souvenir Journal (auc.199.07319): "SCLC Junior Volunteer, Nathan Smith poses with new "recruits" to the SCLC family." Written on verso: Students pose outside SCLC Headquarters
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Students at SCLC Headquarters, 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
Middle school students are shown posing for a picture at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference national headquarters. Information from page 19 of the 29th Annual SCLC Convention Souvenir Journal (auc.199.07319): "SCLC Junior Volunteer, Nathan Smith poses with new "recruits" to the SCLC family." Written on verso: Students pose outside SCLC Headquarters
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Education, Associations, institutions, etc., Children
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Quentin Bradford, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's national communications director, is shown addressing a crowd at the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Freedom Games. For more details, see page 94 of the May-June 1985 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07026. Written on verso: SCLC's Bradford greets spectators. Flanking him are (left to right) Gerald Lowrey, director of athletics and recreation at Emory; Emory student _____; meet director Bob Varsha; and Tom Aderhold, president of the Atlanta Track Club.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Quentin Bradford Speaks at MLK, Jr. Freedom Games, April 21, 1985
Date Created
1985-04-21
Description
Quentin Bradford, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's national communications director, is shown addressing a crowd at the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Freedom Games. For more details, see page 94 of the May-June 1985 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07026. Written on verso: SCLC's Bradford greets spectators. Flanking him are (left to right) Gerald Lowrey, director of athletics and recreation at Emory; Emory student _____; meet director Bob Varsha; and Tom Aderhold, president of the Atlanta Track Club.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, African American universities and colleges, Demonstrations, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery poses for a photo with unidentified men, women, and children during a statewide meeting event in North Carolina.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Statewide Meeting in North Carolina, circa 1985
Date Created
1984/1986
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery poses for a photo with unidentified men, women, and children during a statewide meeting event in North Carolina.
Subject
Associations, institutions, etc., Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery shakes hands with two unidentified women during a statewide meeting event in North Carolina.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Statewide Meeting in North Carolina, circa 1985
Date Created
1984/1986
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery shakes hands with two unidentified women during a statewide meeting event in North Carolina.
Subject
Associations, institutions, etc., Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery meets with a group of men outside of a building during a statewide meeting event in North Carolina.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Statewide Meeting in North Carolina, circa 1985
Date Created
1984/1986
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery meets with a group of men outside of a building during a statewide meeting event in North Carolina.
Subject
Associations, institutions, etc., Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Several former Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff members are shown attending the Hungry Club Forum to listen to SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery speak. See page 61 of the April-May 1982 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07021. Written on verso: Numerous former SCLC staff members came to listen to SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery address the Hungry Club Forum in Atlanta January 6th where extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was emphasized. Left to right are Mrs. Rita Samuels and Stanley Wise, formerly of SNCC (seated), Ms. Dorothy Cotton and Delores Harmon (standing) and Willie Bolden and Marian Willingham (seated at right).
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Former SCLC Staff Members Attend the Hungry Club Forum, January 6, 1982
Date Created
1982-01-06
Description
Several former Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff members are shown attending the Hungry Club Forum to listen to SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery speak. See page 61 of the April-May 1982 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07021. Written on verso: Numerous former SCLC staff members came to listen to SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery address the Hungry Club Forum in Atlanta January 6th where extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was emphasized. Left to right are Mrs. Rita Samuels and Stanley Wise, formerly of SNCC (seated), Ms. Dorothy Cotton and Delores Harmon (standing) and Willie Bolden and Marian Willingham (seated at right).
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
E. Randel T. Osburn and others are shown posing for a photo outside of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
E. Randel T. Osburn and Others at SCLC Headquarters, circa 1982
Date Created
1981/1982
Description
E. Randel T. Osburn and others are shown posing for a photo outside of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Buildings and grounds, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Fred Shuttlesworth, Joseph E. Lowery, and Bishop Philip R. Cousin are shown sitting together as part of an event during the SCLC Board meeting in Montgomery, Alabama. Written on verso: SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery is joined by Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth (left) of Cincinnati and Bishop Philip R. Cousin of Birmingham during the closing rally at First Baptist Church in Montgomery following the SCLC board meeting.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Fred Shuttlesworth, Joseph E. Lowery, and Bishop Philip R. Cousin, April 14, 1981
Date Created
1981-04-14
Description
Fred Shuttlesworth, Joseph E. Lowery, and Bishop Philip R. Cousin are shown sitting together as part of an event during the SCLC Board meeting in Montgomery, Alabama. Written on verso: SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery is joined by Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth (left) of Cincinnati and Bishop Philip R. Cousin of Birmingham during the closing rally at First Baptist Church in Montgomery following the SCLC board meeting.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Associations, institutions, etc., Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend A.W. Wilson is shown speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference rally in front of Fred Shuttlesworth, Joseph E. Lowery, and others. Written on verso: Reverend A.W. Wilson, president of the Alabama State Baptist Convention, speaks at the closing rally before SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery delivers the keynote address. Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth (left) and Mrs. Johnnie R. Carr (right), also offered remarks in the final minutes of the gathering. Written on front from left to right: Shuttlesworth, Lowery, Wilson, Carr
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend A.W. Wilson Speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Rally, April 14, 1981
Date Created
1981-04-14
Description
Reverend A.W. Wilson is shown speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference rally in front of Fred Shuttlesworth, Joseph E. Lowery, and others. Written on verso: Reverend A.W. Wilson, president of the Alabama State Baptist Convention, speaks at the closing rally before SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery delivers the keynote address. Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth (left) and Mrs. Johnnie R. Carr (right), also offered remarks in the final minutes of the gathering. Written on front from left to right: Shuttlesworth, Lowery, Wilson, Carr
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Associations, institutions, etc., Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series