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Ralph D. Abernathy (behind podium), Senator Ted Kennedy, Evelyn G. Lowery, Juanita Abernathy, and others are shown clapping on a stage during a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Ralph D. Abernathy is shown marching arm in arm with others.
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Ralph and Juanita Abernathy are shown alongside Joseph and Evelyn Lowery and others leading the March Against Repression in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Field Secretary R.B. Cottonreader speaks to rally attendees. SCLC-Alabama President John Nettles and Maggie Bozeman stand behind Cottonreader. Written on verso: Pickens County -- SCLC Field Secretary R.B. Cottonreader leads rally at the courthouse in Pickens County which was held as an expression of support for Maggie Bozeman, 51, and Julia Wilder, 69, who were convicted by all-white juries in 1979 on a charge of vote fraud. Cottonreader is flanked by Alabama SCLC President John Nettles and Mrs. Bozeman.
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Two demonstrators hold a sign that reads "Pickens Co - The whole worlds watching!" as part of a rally held in expression of support for Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder, who were convicted in 1979 on a charge of vote fraud.
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Jesse Jackson speaks at event taking place outside of the Alabama State Capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama. Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford stands to the right of Jackson at the podium.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a rally regarding the abolition of the death penalty. Written on verso: 6/18/90. SCLC president Dr. Joseph Lowery addresses a rally of the national pilgrimage for the abolition of the death penalty at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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Bernice King speaks at a rally regarding the abolition of the death penalty. Written on verso: 6/18/90. Rev. Bernice King, daughter of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses a rally of the national pilgrimage for the abolition of the death penalty at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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Demonstrators in the National Pilgrimage for the Abolition of the Death Penalty March hold a banner that reads "Lighting The Torch Of Conscience - National Pilgrimage For Abolition". Written on verso: SCLC's Keith Silver, Jack Hill, and Charlie Wiggins assemble marchers, Jackson, GA.
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Evelyn G. Lowery, Joseph E. Lowery, Coretta Scott King, Jesse Jackson, and John Lewis link arms and march with others.
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Demonstrators in the National Pilgrimage for the Abolition of the Death Penalty March take a group photo in Americus, Georgia. Written on verso: Abolition of the death penalty - core group marchers - arrive in Americus, GA. SCLC veterans: Rev. Fred D. Taylor (2nd right); Clayton McIntosh (1st right); Fredick [sic - Frederick] Moore and Jack Hill and Charlie Wiggins (center); Keith Silver (2nd left).
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Jesse Gray leads picketers outside of the Municipal Building in New York City protesting housing concerns and slum conditions. Written on verso: Jesse Gray Pickets -- The Director of Community Council on Housing, Jesse Gray, today led pickets in front of the Municipal Building, demanding the immediate arrest of slum lords. 8/10/64.
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Joseph E. Lowery (at left in photo) marches with Barack Obama and others during an anniversary marking of the Selma to Montgomery March on March 4, 2007.
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SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Civil Rights Heritage Tour participants stand in rows across a street in Selma, Alabama in preparation to march.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery speaks to the press outside of the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. Written on verso: Pres. Lowery is flanked by Randall Robinson of TransAfrica, Roger Wilkins, Mary Berry, and Congressman Walter Fauntroy as he and Cong. Charles Hayes prepare to be the second team to be arrested and jailed for demonstrating at the South African Embassy.
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Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery walk the picket line with others outside of a Winn-Dixie store. Written on verso: Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young joins SCLC president Joseph E. Lowery and SCLC/WOMEN protesting the sale of South African products by Winn-Dixie stores. SCLC is demonstrating at stores in Atlanta, as well as Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Louisiana, and other states.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (SCLC Board member), Tony Randall (actor), and Evelyn G. Lowery (national convener, SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.) march to the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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Judy Goldsmith (National Organization for Women President), U.S. Representative Louis Stokes, and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. national convener Evelyn G. Lowery stand outside of the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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Judy Goldsmith (National Organization for Women President), U.S. Representative Louis Stokes, and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. national convener Evelyn G. Lowery being arrested outside of the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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Judy Goldsmith (National Organization for Women President), U.S. Representative Louis Stokes, and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. national convener Evelyn G. Lowery being arrested outside of the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series