| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Speaker at an Operation Breadbasket Meeting, circa 1970 | 1969/1970 | An unidentified speaker is shown speaking at a podium in front of Jesse Jackson and others during an Operation Breadbasket meeting. | African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Employment | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Operation Breadbasket Workers Speaking to Residents at a House, circa 1970 | 1969/1970 | Operation Breadbasket workers are shown speaking to residents at a house. | African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Employment, Voting | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| William Cousins, Dick Gregory, and Jesse Jackson at an Operation Breadbasket Protest, 1967 | 1967 | William Cousins, Dick Gregory, and Jesse Jackson are shown holding signs at an Operation Breadbasket protest regarding High-Low Food Stores. Written on verso: Ald. Wm. Cousins, Dick Gregory, Jesse Jackson - High Low protest | African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Employment | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
| Operation Breadbasket Wagon With "51st State of Hunger" Banner, circa 1965 | 1962/1968 | A group of people are shown riding in a wagon with a "51st State of Hunger" banner as part of SCLC's Operation Breadbasket operations. | African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Employment | The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series |
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.
