The Photograph series consists of photographs, negatives, slides and photo albums relating to Joseph E. Lowery and Evelyn G. Lowery from circa 1900-2019 inclusive (bulk: 1950-1990). The images include individual portraits and snapshots of the Lowerys; images of the Lowerys with various relatives, friends, and acquaintances; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. (SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.) activities; other events, people and places; slides; negatives; and photograph albums. This series contains original images, as well as reproductions of photographs including photocopies of prints on paper.
May 11, 2022

The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series

The Photograph series consists of photographs, negatives, slides and photo albums relating to Joseph E. Lowery and Evelyn G. Lowery from circa 1900-2019 inclusive (bulk: 1950-1990). The images include individual portraits and snapshots of the Lowerys; images of the Lowerys with various relatives, friends, and acquaintances; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. (SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.) activities; other events, people and places; slides; negatives; and photograph albums. This series contains original images, as well as reproductions of photographs including photocopies of prints on paper.
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LeMoyne-Owen College students are shown marching and clapping down the streets of Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
LeMoyne-Owen College students are shown marching and clapping down the streets of Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
Demonstrations, African American universities and colleges, Labor, College students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators are shown marching on South Main Street in front of Dailey's with a protest sign in support of the NAACP and Local 1733.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Demonstrators are shown marching on South Main Street in front of Dailey's with a protest sign in support of the NAACP and Local 1733.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified man is shown posing for a picture next to a sign for the Naval Air Reserve Training Unit in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An Unidentified Man, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
An unidentified man is shown posing for a picture next to a sign for the Naval Air Reserve Training Unit in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
Armed Forces, African American men
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph David Abernathy is shown with others at a meeting. Written on verso: RDA Cashin[?]
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy and Others, circa 1969
Date Created
1968/1970
Description
Ralph David Abernathy is shown with others at a meeting. Written on verso: RDA Cashin[?]
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph David Abernathy is shown with others listening to a man speak.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy and Others, circa 1969
Date Created
1968/1970
Description
Ralph David Abernathy is shown with others listening to a man speak.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of Local 1199 Union health care workers are shown amongst policemen and others demonstrating at a protest.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Local 1199 Union Workers Demonstrating, circa 1969
Date Created
1968/1970
Description
A group of Local 1199 Union health care workers are shown amongst policemen and others demonstrating at a protest.
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
Coretta Scott King is shown speaking to a crowd of demonstrators.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King Speaking To a Crowd, circa 1968
Date Created
1968/1970
Description
Coretta Scott King is shown speaking to a crowd of demonstrators.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A contact sheet containing three strips of 35mm negative images that depict a crowd gathered in the parking lot of the Lorraine Motel and a number of flowers and plants marking the room from which Martin Luther King, Jr. exited and was assassinated.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Contact Sheet of Photos at the Lorraine Hotel, circa 1968
Date Created
1968/1969
Description
A contact sheet containing three strips of 35mm negative images that depict a crowd gathered in the parking lot of the Lorraine Motel and a number of flowers and plants marking the room from which Martin Luther King, Jr. exited and was assassinated.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Funeral rites and ceremonies
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A photo of Jane Fonda showing her with her hands linked. Fonda participated in demonstrations put on by the National Welfare Rights Organization.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jane Fonda, circa 1968
Date Created
1968/1969
Description
A photo of Jane Fonda showing her with her hands linked. Fonda participated in demonstrations put on by the National Welfare Rights Organization.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A child is shown playing with a toy. A sticker on the boy's shirt references the Poor People's Campaign.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Child With a Toy, circa 1968
Date Created
1968/1969
Description
A child is shown playing with a toy. A sticker on the boy's shirt references the Poor People's Campaign.
Subject
African American children, Poverty, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of women are shown gathered for a picture outside of the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Women at the Lorraine Motel, circa 1968
Date Created
1968/1969
Description
A crowd of women are shown gathered for a picture outside of the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil rights workers, including Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, and James Orange, walk alongside the mule train containing Martin Luther King, Jr.'s body during his funeral procession in Atlanta, Georgia. Caption on photo reads: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., FUNERAL PROCESSION -- Memphis, April 3, 1968 -- One of the dramatic historic moments shown in "KING": A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis", the motion picture scheduled to be shown Tuesday evening, March 24th at 8:00 P.M. Dr. Ralph Abernathy, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference leads the mule train containing the body of Martin Luther King, Jr. Film covers the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for 13 years (1955-1968). Seats are $5 tax-deductible. The two-and-a-half-hour motion picture film will be presented on a one-time only simultaneous showing in more than one thousand theatres throughout the country.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. Funeral, April 9, 1968
Date Created
1968-04-09
Description
Civil rights workers, including Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, and James Orange, walk alongside the mule train containing Martin Luther King, Jr.'s body during his funeral procession in Atlanta, Georgia. Caption on photo reads: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., FUNERAL PROCESSION -- Memphis, April 3, 1968 -- One of the dramatic historic moments shown in "KING": A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis", the motion picture scheduled to be shown Tuesday evening, March 24th at 8:00 P.M. Dr. Ralph Abernathy, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference leads the mule train containing the body of Martin Luther King, Jr. Film covers the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for 13 years (1955-1968). Seats are $5 tax-deductible. The two-and-a-half-hour motion picture film will be presented on a one-time only simultaneous showing in more than one thousand theatres throughout the country.
Subject
Funeral rites and ceremonies, African American men, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King and Ralph D. Abernathy stand by a car during the funeral proceedings for Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. Funeral, April 9, 1968
Date Created
1968-04-09
Description
Coretta Scott King and Ralph D. Abernathy stand by a car during the funeral proceedings for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Subject
Funeral rites and ceremonies, African American men, African American women, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Crowds gather on both sides of the street to observe Martin Luther King, Jr's funeral procession in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. Funeral, April 9, 1968
Date Created
1968-04-09
Description
Crowds gather on both sides of the street to observe Martin Luther King, Jr's funeral procession in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
Funeral rites and ceremonies, African American men, African American women, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Sr. (at center, wearing glasses) and a crowd of attendees gather around the casket of Martin Luther King, Jr. (at right) during the funeral procession in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. Funeral, April 9, 1968
Date Created
1968-04-09
Description
Martin Luther King, Sr. (at center, wearing glasses) and a crowd of attendees gather around the casket of Martin Luther King, Jr. (at right) during the funeral procession in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, Funeral rites and ceremonies
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A young boy is shown lying on a bed covering his right eye with his hand. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "Poverty, 1968-1969". Written on verso: A mouth full of toothaches plagues this little Lake Co., Indiana boy who is being raised by his grandparents living on a small pension in a rural area. They were unaware that Medicare could cover dental fees for the boy and his older sister. Project FIND, designed to aid the elderly poor through community action, discovered these isolated grandparents and their grandchildren.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Young Child Lying on a Bed, March 1968
Date Created
1968-03
Description
A young boy is shown lying on a bed covering his right eye with his hand. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "Poverty, 1968-1969". Written on verso: A mouth full of toothaches plagues this little Lake Co., Indiana boy who is being raised by his grandparents living on a small pension in a rural area. They were unaware that Medicare could cover dental fees for the boy and his older sister. Project FIND, designed to aid the elderly poor through community action, discovered these isolated grandparents and their grandchildren.
Subject
Poverty, Children
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A photo of a home supply store's front window display advertising payment plan options. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "Poverty, 1968-1969". Written on verso: The poor unknowingly fall prey to complicated installment buying plans by which they go deeper and deeper into debt with high interest rates and hidden "bonus" costs.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Home Supply Store Front Window Display, March 1968
Date Created
1968-03
Description
A photo of a home supply store's front window display advertising payment plan options. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "Poverty, 1968-1969". Written on verso: The poor unknowingly fall prey to complicated installment buying plans by which they go deeper and deeper into debt with high interest rates and hidden "bonus" costs.
Subject
Poverty, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Social conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Horses and wagons that are part of the Poor Peoples' Campaign are shown marching past policemen while crossing the Mississippi-Alabama state line.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Poor People's Campaign at Alabama and Mississippi State Line, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Horses and wagons that are part of the Poor Peoples' Campaign are shown marching past policemen while crossing the Mississippi-Alabama state line.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations
Collection
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
An Unidentified Woman Holding a "Vote For President Dick Gregory" Sign With Others, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American men, African American women, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Hosea Williams is shown holding a megaphone while standing with others in a truck bed behind a "I Am A Man" sign.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Hosea Williams Holding a Megaphone While Standing With Others Behind a "I Am A Man" sign, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Hosea Williams is shown holding a megaphone while standing with others in a truck bed behind a "I Am A Man" sign.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series