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.

For:
  • Subjects = African Americans--Economic conditions
  • Subjects = Interviews
Title Date Created Description Subject Collection
Joseph E. Lowery and Jesse Jackson Speaking at a Press Conference, April 19, 1982 1982-04-19 Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery and Reverend Jesse Jackson are shown speaking at a Pilgrimage to Washington press conference in Tuskegee, Alabama. Written on verso: Press Conf. April 19, '82 African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Economic conditions, Voting, Interviews The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery, Jesse Jackson, and Others Speaking at Press Conference, April 19, 1982 1982-04-19 Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and others (including UAW representative Joe Davis, behind Lowery) are shown speaking at a Pilgrimage to Washington press conference in Tuskegee, Alabama. Written on verso: Press Conf. Apr. 19, '82. Tuskegee African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Economic conditions, Voting, Interviews The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaking at a Press Conference, 1982 1982 Joseph and Evelyn Lowery and Walter E. Fauntroy are shown sitting down speaking at a press conference in front of Southern Christian Leadership Conference members and other pilgrims that were part of the Pilgrimage to Washington. African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Interviews, Demonstrations, Voting, African Americans--Economic conditions The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series