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Joseph E. Lowery is shown talking to a woman with a typewriter while smiling and holding a booklet.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified speaker at a podium makes a crowd laugh at a banquet event in Birmingham, Alabama at the Gaston Building.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Fred Shuttlesworth is shown seated on the church dais (second seated person from the right) while another individual (standing) appears to address the crowd.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Birmingham policeman is shown standing in front of a crowd of demonstrators. Caption  on verso: MISCALCULATION COULD MEAN VIOLENCE -- Police reaction to jeering crowds, in either north or south, could result in major racial violence in the U.S. this summer. As this policeman in Birmingham faced a crowd in May of this year, so will other law enforcement officers in other cities face demonstrators. A miscalculation in the handling of a crowd could be the spark that touches off a racial conflagration.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified man examining a map is shown with other workers in the background.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dick Gregory is shown posing in front of a blackboard with Brenda Davenport and others at a youth rally event during the 28th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Convention in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Rosa Parks is shown with others riding in a car.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Unidentified people at an event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Andrew Young and a crowd of women are shown listening to someone speak in a room.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of men, women, and children stand outside in front of vehicles and houses.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified woman is shown with other audience members holding a sign that says "No Seats, No Votes, NTO".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Three unidentified women shown crying and being helped down the steps of  Sixth Avenue Baptist Church during the funeral services for three girls killed in a bomb blast. Caption on verso: OVERCOME WITH GRIEF -- Birmingham, Ala...Three Negro women, crying and hysterical are helped from the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church in Birmingham today during funeral services for three young Negro girls who were killed in a bomb blast....9/18/63
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with other women inside Central United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified young man is shown tutoring a young woman.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A woman walking with others holds a sign that says "Vote For President Dick Gregory - Mark Lane/Vice President". Gregory ran for President of the United States in 1968 as a write-in candidate of the Freedom and Peace Party.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jan Douglas, Director of the Community Relations Commission for the City of Atlanta, is shown at a podium delivering a "chronology on violence" lecture to the National Gathering of Black Clergy. Written on verso: Ms. Jan Douglas delivers a "chronology on violence" to the "National Gathering of Black Clergy" held at West Mitchell St. CME Church in Atlanta, GA.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of women are shown sitting in front of Ralph D. Abernathy at an unknown event in a church.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of men and women are shown sitting and talking around a table in a church.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified man is shown teaching the alphabet to a small group of people as part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Citizenship Education Program.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of students are shown sitting in a classroom reviewing a booklet as part of an educational clinic held in Albany, Georgia. Written on verso: Albany, Georgia Clinic 1962.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series