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.
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Southwest Atlanta Youth Business Organization Meeting, circa 2008
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southwest Atlanta Youth Business Organization Meeting, circa 2008
Date Created
2008/2009
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African American youth--Education, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
3rd Annual Walter Rodney Symposium, Tape 2, March 23, 2006
Date Created
2006-03-23
Description
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Politics and government, Meetings, Pan-Africanism
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Social Security Rally, Tape 1, 2005
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Social Security Rally, Tape 1, 2005
Date Created
2005
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Economic conditions, Poverty, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Social Security Meeting, Tape 2, 2005
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Social Security Meeting, Tape 2, 2005
Date Created
2005
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Civil rights, Poverty, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions, Labor, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at West Georgia College, April 28, 1998
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at West Georgia College, April 28, 1998
Date Created
1998-04-28
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Economic conditions, Speeches, College students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 40th Annual Convention Proceedings, July 29, 1997
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 40th Annual Convention Proceedings, July 29, 1997
Date Created
1997-07-29
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 40th Annual Convention Proceedings, July 29, 1997
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 40th Annual Convention Proceedings, July 29, 1997
Date Created
1997-07-29
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, Labor, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Housing, African American women social reformers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Martin Luther King, Jr./SCLC Speaks: 40th Annual SCLC Convention Presidential Address, July 28, 1997
Date Created
1997-07-28
Description
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions, Meetings, Speeches
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 40th Annual Convention Proceedings, July 1997
Date Created
1997-07
Description
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American leadership, African American youth, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Segregation, Race discrimination, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
2nd Annual Dr. Calvin W. Rolark Sr. Memorial Luncheon, June 20, 1997
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
2nd Annual Dr. Calvin W. Rolark Sr. Memorial Luncheon, June 20, 1997
Date Created
1997-06-20
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Politics and government, Special events, Speeches, Voting
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 39th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 1996
Date Created
1996-08
Description
Subject
African Americans--Economic conditions, Human rights, Voting, Church buildings, African Americans--Education, School integration, Meetings, Speeches
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 39th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 1996
Date Created
1996-08
Description
Subject
African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor, African Americans--Education, Church buildings, Race discrimination, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 39th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 1996
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 39th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 1996
Date Created
1996-08
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Economic conditions, Speeches, Poverty, Police brutality
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 38th Annual Convention Proceedings, July 31, 1995
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 38th Annual Convention Proceedings, July 31, 1995
Date Created
1995-07-31
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, Civil rights movements, Gun control, Drug abuse, African American families, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 38th Annual Convention Proceedings, July 31, 1995
Date Created
1995-07-31
Description
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Meetings, Affirmative action programs, African Americans--Economic conditions, Voting
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Shoney's Covenant Renewal Agreement, July 1995
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Shoney's Covenant Renewal Agreement, July 1995
Date Created
1995-07
Subject
Affirmative action programs, African Americans--Employment, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African American leadership
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 38th Annual Convention Proceedings, 1995
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 38th Annual Convention Proceedings, 1995
Date Created
1995
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Economic conditions, African American singers, African American mayors
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at Friendship-West Baptist Church, August 14, 1994
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at Friendship-West Baptist Church, August 14, 1994
Date Created
1994-08-14
Subject
African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, Sermons, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 37th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 1994
Date Created
1994-08
Description
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Education, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Gun Buy-Back Event and SCLC Board Meeting, 1994
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Gun Buy-Back Event and SCLC Board Meeting, 1994
Date Created
1994
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, Civil rights movements, Gun control, African American youth--Education, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Martin Luther King, Jr./SCLC Speaks, circa 1993
Date Created
1993/1994
Description
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Speeches, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Politics and government, African American families, Gun control
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Event / SCLC PSA / Gun Buy-Back Footage, circa 1993
Date Created
1993/1994
Description
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American youth--Education, African Americans--Economic conditions, Gun control
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 36th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 26, 1993
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 36th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 26, 1993
Date Created
1993-08-26
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc., Law--Study and teaching, Drug abuse, Political science, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 36th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 25, 1993
Date Created
1993-08-25
Description
Subject
African Americans--Economic conditions, Sexual minorities, Meetings, Speeches, African American youth--Education, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at Butler St. YMCA Hungry Club Forum, April 7, 1993
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at Butler St. YMCA Hungry Club Forum, April 7, 1993
Date Created
1993-04-07
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Economic conditions, Crime, Gun control
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 35th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 1992
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 35th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 1992
Date Created
1992-08
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc., African Americans--Religion, Drug abuse, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Drug Rally Event, July 10, 1992
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Drug Rally Event, July 10, 1992
Date Created
1992-07-10
Subject
Gun control, Drug abuse, Community development, African American families, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Martin Luther King, Jr./SCLC Speaks: Lowery's Retirement Sermon, June 1992
Date Created
1992-06
Description
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Sermons, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Economic conditions, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
SCLC: The Contemporary Chapter - Rodney King Verdict Rally, 1992
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
SCLC: The Contemporary Chapter - Rodney King Verdict Rally, 1992
Date Created
1992
Subject
Civil rights movements, Police brutality, Demonstrations, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at an Event, circa 1991
Date Created
1991/1992
Description
Subject
Civil rights movements, International relations, Meetings, African Americans--Economic conditions, Political participation, Armed Forces
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 34th Annual Convention Prayer Breakfast, August 16, 1991
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 34th Annual Convention Prayer Breakfast, August 16, 1991
Date Created
1991-08-16
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Religion, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Politics and government, Meetings, Speeches
Collection
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
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 34th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 15, 1991
Date Created
1991-08-15
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Labor, African Americans--Economic conditions, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 34th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 14, 1991
Date Created
1991-08-14
Description
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Politics and government, International relations, Labor, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 34th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 13, 1991
Date Created
1991-08-13
Description
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American mayors, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions, Labor, Meetings, Speeches
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
National African American Leadership Summit II & Religious Convocation, April 4, 1991
Date Created
1991-04-04
Description
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Religion, Speeches, African Americans--Civil rights, Police brutality
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
SCLC and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Activities, 1990-1995
Date Created
1990/1995
Description
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, African Americans--Economic conditions, African American children, Gun control
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Awards Ceremony, November 10, 1990
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Awards Ceremony, November 10, 1990
Date Created
1990-11-10
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, Capital punishment, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 33rd Annual Convention Proceedings, August 8, 1990
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 33rd Annual Convention Proceedings, August 8, 1990
Date Created
1990-08-08
Subject
Associations, institutions, etc., Meetings, Labor, Drug abuse, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 33rd Annual Convention Proceedings, August 8, 1990
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 33rd Annual Convention Proceedings, August 8, 1990
Date Created
1990-08-08
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, Race discrimination, African American journalists
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Poverty Tour and SCLC Meeting in Virginia, August 1990
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Poverty Tour and SCLC Meeting in Virginia, August 1990
Date Created
1990-08
Subject
African Americans--Housing, Poverty, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions, Capital punishment, Drug abuse, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
SCLC - A Contemporary Chapter, circa 1991
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
SCLC - A Contemporary Chapter, circa 1991
Date Created
1989/1993
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Race relations, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Economic conditions, Voting
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at ICWU Convention, October 21, 1988
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at ICWU Convention, October 21, 1988
Date Created
1988-10-21
Subject
Speeches, Labor, Meetings, African American leadership, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
9th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. National Oratorical Contest, 1988
Date Created
1988
Description
Subject
African American youth--Education, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Economic conditions, Poverty
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Cascade United Methodist Church Service, circa 1989
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Cascade United Methodist Church Service, circa 1989
Date Created
1986/1992
Subject
African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, Sermons, Gospel music, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 29th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 14, 1986
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 29th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 14, 1986
Date Created
1986-08-14
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Economic conditions, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 29th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 13, 1986
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 29th Annual Convention Proceedings, August 13, 1986
Date Created
1986-08-13
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, African American families, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Central United Methodist Church Service, June 16, 1985
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Central United Methodist Church Service, June 16, 1985
Date Created
1985-06-16
Subject
African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, Sermons, African American men, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Martin Luther King, Jr./SCLC Speaks: Dick Gregory, circa 1983
Date Created
1983/1989
Description
Subject
African American entertainers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery in Nicaragua, December 1983
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Joseph E. Lowery in Nicaragua, December 1983
Date Created
1983-12
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, International relations, Meetings, Political participation, African Americans--Economic conditions, Interviews
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Survival of the Black Family in the Eighties: The Black Teenager, Workshop 2A, April 1983
Date Created
1983-04
Description
Subject
African Americans--Education, African American families, African American children, African American teenagers, African Americans--Economic conditions, Crime
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series