The Audiovisual series consists of video and audio recordings documenting the professional careers of Joseph E. Lowery and Evelyn G. Lowery. Content includes sermons delivered by Joseph E. Lowery during his ministerial career at Central United Methodist Church (1968-1986) and Cascade United Methodist Church (1986-1992). There are many video and audio recordings of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) conventions and other SCLC activities. In her capacity as the founder of the SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now (SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.), Evelyn Lowery hosted annual Civil Rights Heritage Tours, the Drum Major for Justice Awards, and oratorical contests, of which several recordings exist in this series. The series also contains video and audio of events at which Joseph or Evelyn Lowery served as panelists/speakers or at which they were recognized with awards.
Mar 4, 2022

The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series

The Audiovisual series consists of video and audio recordings documenting the professional careers of Joseph E. Lowery and Evelyn G. Lowery. Content includes sermons delivered by Joseph E. Lowery during his ministerial career at Central United Methodist Church (1968-1986) and Cascade United Methodist Church (1986-1992). There are many video and audio recordings of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) conventions and other SCLC activities. In her capacity as the founder of the SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now (SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.), Evelyn Lowery hosted annual Civil Rights Heritage Tours, the Drum Major for Justice Awards, and oratorical contests, of which several recordings exist in this series. The series also contains video and audio of events at which Joseph or Evelyn Lowery served as panelists/speakers or at which they were recognized with awards.

For:
  • Subjects = African Americans--Social conditions
  • Document Type = sound recording
Title Date Created Description Subject Collection
Martin Luther King, Jr./SCLC Speaks: 40th Annual SCLC Convention Presidential Address, July 28, 1997 1997-07-28 African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions, Meetings, Speeches The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at Friendship-West Baptist Church, August 14, 1994 1994-08-14 African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, Sermons, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Press Conference With Joseph E. Lowery in Nicaragua, circa 1986 1986/1988 African American leadership, Interviews, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, International relations The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 29th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 13, 1986 1986-08-13 African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, African American families, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Interview With Joseph E. Lowery and Ray Hooker, circa 1986 1985/1987 African American leadership, Interviews, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, International relations The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Survival of the Black Family in the Eighties: The Black Teenager, Workshop 1A, April 1983 1983-04 African American teenagers, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Drug abuse The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Survival of the Black Family in the Eighties: The Black Teenager, Workshop 7A, April 1983 1983-04 African Americans--Education, African American families, African American children, African American teenagers, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Health and hygiene The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Survival of the Black Family in the Eighties: The Black Teenager, Workshop 6A, April 1983 1983-04 African Americans--Education, African American families, African American children, African American teenagers, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Health and hygiene The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. National Conference on the Black Male Child, April 3, 1982 1982-04-03 African American men, African American women, African American families, African Americans--Social conditions The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Martin Luther King Speaks: Hold Fast To Dreams/Pilgrimage to Washington Rally, 1982 1982 African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions, Poverty, Voting, Speeches The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Martin Luther King Speaks: Assault on Black Life, August 1981 1981-08 African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at an Event in Tuskegee, Alabama, December 13, 1980 1980-12-13 African Americans--Civil rights, African American families, African Americans--Social conditions, Race discrimination The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 22nd Annual Convention Proceedings, August 1979 1979-08 African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions, Meetings The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Central United Methodist Church Service, January 15, 1978 1978-01-15 African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, Sermons, Gospel music, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Education, Drug abuse The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
"America's Unfinished Symphony" Speech, August 16, 1972 1972-08-16 African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Politics and government, Poverty, Vietnam War (1961-1975), Meetings, Speeches The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series