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 and Evelyn Lowery pose for a photo with others at the 20th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards dinner. From left to right: Hosea Williams, Evelyn G. Lowery, unidentified man, Joseph E. Lowery, Jesse Jackson, unidentified woman, and Andrew Young.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
20th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major For Justice Awards, June 4, 1999
Date Created
1999-06-04
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery pose for a photo with others at the 20th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards dinner. From left to right: Hosea Williams, Evelyn G. Lowery, unidentified man, Joseph E. Lowery, Jesse Jackson, unidentified woman, and Andrew Young.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery, Andrew Young, Hosea Williams, and Jesse Jackson are shown gathered at the 20th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards dinner in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
20th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major For Justice Awards, June 4, 1999
Date Created
1999-06-04
Description
Joseph E. Lowery, Andrew Young, Hosea Williams, and Jesse Jackson are shown gathered at the 20th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards dinner in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery (behind children carrying the banner) march with SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour participants across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, 1999
Date Created
1999
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery (behind children carrying the banner) march with SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour participants across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown with Barbara Cross, Lula Williams, and other women at Viola Liuzzo's memorial monument during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil Rights Heritage Tour: Viola Liuzzo Memorial, 1999
Date Created
1999
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown with Barbara Cross, Lula Williams, and other women at Viola Liuzzo's memorial monument during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery is shown handing out money alongside Evelyn G. Lowery, and unidentified man, and James Orange during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, 1999
Date Created
1999
Description
Joseph E. Lowery is shown handing out money alongside Evelyn G. Lowery, and unidentified man, and James Orange during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery, Lula Williams, Barbara Cross, and other SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. members are shown posing for a photo at Viola Liuzzo's memorial monument
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil Rights Heritage Tour: Viola Liuzzo Memorial, 1999
Date Created
1999
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery, Lula Williams, Barbara Cross, and other SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. members are shown posing for a photo at Viola Liuzzo's memorial monument
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown marching with others down a street during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, 1999
Date Created
1999
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown marching with others down a street during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/WOMEN Civil Rights Heritage Tour participants are shown marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during in a reenactment of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, 1999
Date Created
1999
Description
SCLC/WOMEN Civil Rights Heritage Tour participants are shown marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during in a reenactment of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery, Congressman John Lewis, Johnnie Carr and others pose for a picture at Viola Liuzzo's memorial monument.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil Rights Heritage Tour: Viola Liuzzo Memorial, 1999
Date Created
1999
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery, Congressman John Lewis, Johnnie Carr and others pose for a picture at Viola Liuzzo's memorial monument.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of children and young adults are shown marching with a SCLC/WOMEN African-American Heritage Tour banner in front of Evelyn G. Lowery and Spiver Gordon.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, 1999
Date Created
1999
Description
A group of children and young adults are shown marching with a SCLC/WOMEN African-American Heritage Tour banner in front of Evelyn G. Lowery and Spiver Gordon.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
John Lewis speaks during the dedication ceremony for Phase II of the Viola Liuzzo Memorial, in which a fence was built around the memorial monument.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil Rights Heritage Tour: Viola Liuzzo Memorial, 1999
Date Created
1999
Description
John Lewis speaks during the dedication ceremony for Phase II of the Viola Liuzzo Memorial, in which a fence was built around the memorial monument.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Hosea Williams is shown sitting outside.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Hosea Williams, circa 1999
Date Created
1998/2000
Description
Hosea Williams is shown sitting outside.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Women and children participants of the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour are shown smiling for a picture on a tour bus.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, circa 1999
Date Created
1998/2000
Description
Women and children participants of the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour are shown smiling for a picture on a tour bus.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with an unidentified women holding a Drum Major for Justice Award plaque recognizing Addie Mae Collins, one of the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
19th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major For Justice Awards Dinner, April 4, 1998
Date Created
1998-04-04
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with an unidentified women holding a Drum Major for Justice Award plaque recognizing Addie Mae Collins, one of the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Manners and customs, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Tyrone Brooks addresses SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour participants on the bus.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, circa 1999
Date Created
1997/2001
Description
Tyrone Brooks addresses SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour participants on the bus.
Subject
African Americans-Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A photo of a bus used by the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour to drive the tour group around Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, circa 1999
Date Created
1997/2001
Description
A photo of a bus used by the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour to drive the tour group around Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education, Transportation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified man is shown speaking during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour scheduled event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, circa 1999
Date Created
1997/2001
Description
An unidentified man is shown speaking during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour scheduled event.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Ku Klux Klan robe in an exhibit case.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, circa 1999
Date Created
1997/2001
Description
A Ku Klux Klan robe in an exhibit case.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil Rights Heritage Tour participants are shown gathered at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, circa 1999
Date Created
1997/2001
Description
Civil Rights Heritage Tour participants are shown gathered at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education, Church buildings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil Rights Heritage Tour participants are shown gathered at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour, circa 1999
Date Created
1997/2001
Description
Civil Rights Heritage Tour participants are shown gathered at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Education, Church buildings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series