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A group of police officers are shown standing guard outside of the Medical University of South Carolina, where African American employees went on strike to demand the reinstatement of coworkers and official recognition of their union, Local 1199B of the Retail Drug and Hospital Employees.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group of Police Officers Stand Outside of the Medical University of South Carolina, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A group of police officers are shown standing guard outside of the Medical University of South Carolina, where African American employees went on strike to demand the reinstatement of coworkers and official recognition of their union, Local 1199B of the Retail Drug and Hospital Employees.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown marching with Ralph and Juanita Abernathy, UAW representatives, and others during a hospital strike in Charleston, South Carolina. Written on verso: Prop of E.G. Lowery; Hospital -1199 Charleston, S.C. 1969; Carl Ferris; L. Wadrey[?]; Fauntroy; hosp. worker; Walter Reuther; Pres. 1199; Ralph & J. Abernathy; Joseph and Evelyn Lowery
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Charleston, South Carolina Hospital Strike, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown marching with Ralph and Juanita Abernathy, UAW representatives, and others during a hospital strike in Charleston, South Carolina. Written on verso: Prop of E.G. Lowery; Hospital -1199 Charleston, S.C. 1969; Carl Ferris; L. Wadrey[?]; Fauntroy; hosp. worker; Walter Reuther; Pres. 1199; Ralph & J. Abernathy; Joseph and Evelyn Lowery
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A bleeding protester is shown being arrested and put into the back of a police van during a Charleston, South Carolina hospital strike. Written on verso: Charleston Hosp. March '69
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Charleston, South Carolina Hospital Strike, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A bleeding protester is shown being arrested and put into the back of a police van during a Charleston, South Carolina hospital strike. Written on verso: Charleston Hosp. March '69
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Local 1199 Union hospital workers are shown kneeling and demonstrating at a hospital strike in Charleston, South Carolina. Written on verso: 69 hospital strike
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Charleston, South Carolina Hospital Strike, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Local 1199 Union hospital workers are shown kneeling and demonstrating at a hospital strike in Charleston, South Carolina. Written on verso: 69 hospital strike
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A woman demonstrator is shown being detained by South Carolina Highway Patrol officer during a hospital strike march in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Charleston, South Carolina Hospital Strike, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A woman demonstrator is shown being detained by South Carolina Highway Patrol officer during a hospital strike march in Charleston, South Carolina.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
This folder contains an annual report of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Office of Affiliates submitted at the 12th Annual SCLC Convention. 12 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Annual Report of the SCLC Office of Affiliates, August 13, 1969
Date Created
1969-08-13
Description
This folder contains an annual report of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Office of Affiliates submitted at the 12th Annual SCLC Convention. 12 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
A fact sheet detailing the scheduled program for the 12th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention held in Charleston, South Carolina from August 13-16, 1969. 4 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
12th Annual SCLC Convention Fact Sheet, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A fact sheet detailing the scheduled program for the 12th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention held in Charleston, South Carolina from August 13-16, 1969. 4 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Associations, institutions, etc., Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
A flyer advocating for the strike by hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina. 1 page.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Hospital Workers of Charleston, South Carolina Flyer, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A flyer advocating for the strike by hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Economic conditions, Labor, Poverty, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
A statement by Juanita Abernathy, wife of Ralph D. Abernathy, reporting events on Abernathy's arrest and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's intentions on fighting for the rights of hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina. 4 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Statement by Juanita Abernathy on the Jailing of Ralph D. Abernathy, June 23, 1969
Date Created
1969-06-23
Description
A statement by Juanita Abernathy, wife of Ralph D. Abernathy, reporting events on Abernathy's arrest and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's intentions on fighting for the rights of hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina. 4 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
This folder contains a proposal addressed to Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Ralph D. Abernathy, the SCLC Board of Directors, and the SCLC Executive Staff from Andrew J. Young regarding political action and citizenship education programs for SCLC. 11 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
SCLC Political Action and Citizenship Education Programs Proposal, August 13, 1969
Date Created
1969-08-13
Description
This folder contains a proposal addressed to Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Ralph D. Abernathy, the SCLC Board of Directors, and the SCLC Executive Staff from Andrew J. Young regarding political action and citizenship education programs for SCLC. 11 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Associations, institutions, etc., Political participation, African Americans--Education
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) news releases from 1968 and 1969 regarding labor, SCLC's Ministers Leadership Training Program, Jeffersonville, Georgia, the trial of James Earl Ray, photographer Brig Cabe, and the jailing of SCLC President Ralph D. Abernathy during the Charleston hospital workers' strike. This PDF also includes two telegrams to Robert Johnson of Jet Magazine about SCLC food assistance in Marks, Mississippi and the establishment of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professorship/Scholarship Fund at Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York. 10 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
SCLC News Releases and Telegrams, 1968-1969
Date Created
1968/1969
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) news releases from 1968 and 1969 regarding labor, SCLC's Ministers Leadership Training Program, Jeffersonville, Georgia, the trial of James Earl Ray, photographer Brig Cabe, and the jailing of SCLC President Ralph D. Abernathy during the Charleston hospital workers' strike. This PDF also includes two telegrams to Robert Johnson of Jet Magazine about SCLC food assistance in Marks, Mississippi and the establishment of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professorship/Scholarship Fund at Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York. 10 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Labor, Demonstrations, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Religion
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records