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The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery gestures enthusiastically while speaking at the 21st Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 34th Annual Convention Prayer Breakfast, August 16, 1991
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery and Fred Shuttlesworth lead others in a march in front of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The march was part of the proceedings of the 21st Annual SCLC Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery walk up the steps of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church to begin proceedings at the church held as part of the 21st Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) member Fred Shuttlesworth marches with SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, his wife Evelyn, and others during a 21st Annual SCLC Convention event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Attendees of the 21st Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention gather on the steps of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Former Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Ralph D. Abernathy speaks at an event at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church as part of the proceedings of the 21st Annual SCLC Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown presenting the SCLC Presidential Award to James Orange during the 25th Annual SCLC Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend Abraham Woods is shown speaking at the 1981 SCLC Public Policy Symposium reception. Written on verso: 1981 SCLC History -- Rev. Abraham Woods, president of the Birmingham chapter of SCLC, extends greetings to Dr. and Mrs. Lowery during a reception given in their honor that was hosted by Mrs. Richard Arrington, wife of Birmingham's mayor. The reception launched the two-day public policy symposium held in Birmingham.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery presents attorney Elaine Jones with the Chauncey Eskridge Barrister Award during the awards ceremony at the 34th Annual SCLC Convention in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption from magazine: Attorney Elaine Jones is beaming as she gets the Chauncey Eskridge Barrister Award from Dr. Lowery for her outstanding performance in the legal community. More details about the awards banquet can be found on pages 32-39 of the November-December 1991 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07045.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Mass Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, July 15, 1982
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Garry Cooper is shown speaking at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's third Public Policy Symposium, while Joe Reed, Leola Smith Early, Reverend Franklin Tate, and Reverend James T. Crutcher look and listen. Written on verso: Mr. Garry Cooper, who was fired by Alabama Gov. Fob James as state commissioner of Pensions and Securities for challenging state cutbacks for the poor, outlines to symposium attendants the many problems in state welfare and food stamp programs. Looking on are (left to right) Joe Reed, Mrs. Leola Smith Early, president of the Birmingham Metropolitan Business Association, Rev. Franklin Tate and Rev. James T. Crutcher, pastor of the host church, 16th Street Baptist North.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joe Reed is shown speaking at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's third Public Policy Symposium while Leola Early Smith, Garry Cooper and Reverend Franklin Tate listen. Written on verso: Mr. Joe Reed, state chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference, emphasizes direct, political action as an important means of winning legal and legislative victories for black and poor people. He says black voters must form "working relationships" with their elected representatives, as Mrs. Leola Early Smith, Garry Cooper (2nd from right) and Rev. Franklin Tate listen.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 34th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 15, 1991
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 34th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 15, 1991
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown being presented with the Rosa Parks Award alongside Joseph E. Lowery (at right), and Juanita Abernathy, Ralph D. Abernathy and John Nettles (first thru third, at left) at SCLC's 25th Silver Anniversary Convention awards ceremony. Written on verso: Conference '82
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King is shown speaking during the 25th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention while in the background (beginning second from left) John Nettles, Bishop Philip R. Cousin, and Abraham Woods listen.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series