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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Brenda Davenport (middle) is shown protesting with a raised fist against apartheid alongside Joseph and Evelyn Lowery and others during a demonstration at a Winn-Dixie grocery store.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Winn-Dixie Protest, circa 1985
Date Created
1985/1986
Description
Brenda Davenport (middle) is shown protesting with a raised fist against apartheid alongside Joseph and Evelyn Lowery and others during a demonstration at a Winn-Dixie grocery store.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Apartheid
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of demonstrators with signs are shown protesting outside of Winn-Dixie grocery store.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Winn-Dixie Protest, circa 1985
Date Created
1985/1986
Description
A crowd of demonstrators with signs are shown protesting outside of Winn-Dixie grocery store.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Apartheid
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Members of the Concerned Black Clergy are shown speaking to the press at a Winn-Dixie protest. For more details, see pages 34-39 of the January-February 1986 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07028.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Members of the Concerned Black Clergy at a Winn-Dixie Protest, circa 1985
Date Created
1985/1986
Description
Members of the Concerned Black Clergy are shown speaking to the press at a Winn-Dixie protest. For more details, see pages 34-39 of the January-February 1986 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07028.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American clergy, Demonstrations, Apartheid
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
DeKalb County residents are shown standing in front a bus in preparation for registering to vote. Written on verso: Dekalb County citizens getting in line to go to courthouse to register. (Taken in front of King's Memorial Methodist Church)
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
DeKalb County Citizens Standing in Front of a Bus, circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
DeKalb County residents are shown standing in front a bus in preparation for registering to vote. Written on verso: Dekalb County citizens getting in line to go to courthouse to register. (Taken in front of King's Memorial Methodist Church)
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American men, African American women, Voting, Voter registration
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series