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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Evelyn G. Lowery, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King are shown listening to a speaker at the 36th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention awards banquet.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Rosa Parks and Others, August 1993
Date Created
1993-08
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King are shown listening to a speaker at the 36th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention awards banquet.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American women, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown posing for a picture while E. Randel T. Osburn and others look on during the 36th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention awards banquet.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery, August 1993
Date Created
1993-08
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown posing for a picture while E. Randel T. Osburn and others look on during the 36th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention awards banquet.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American women, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jean Childs Young is shown posing for a picture with an unidentified man at the 36th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention awards banquet.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jean Childs Young and an Unidentified Man, August 1993
Date Created
1993-08
Description
Jean Childs Young is shown posing for a picture with an unidentified man at the 36th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention awards banquet.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African Americans women, African American men
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil rights leader Rosa Parks is shown sitting down at the 36th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention awards banquet.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Rosa Parks, August 1993
Date Created
1993-08
Description
Civil rights leader Rosa Parks is shown sitting down at the 36th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention awards banquet.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American women, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown presenting an award to Rosa Parks alongside Dorothy Cotton, Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young, Evelyn G. Lowery, and others at the 36th Annual SCLC Convention awards banquet.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Others, August 1993
Date Created
1993-08
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown presenting an award to Rosa Parks alongside Dorothy Cotton, Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young, Evelyn G. Lowery, and others at the 36th Annual SCLC Convention awards banquet.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown having a hat placed on his head during the 36th Annual SCLC Convention awards banquet while Dorothy Cotton and others looks on.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Others, August 1993
Date Created
1993-08
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown having a hat placed on his head during the 36th Annual SCLC Convention awards banquet while Dorothy Cotton and others looks on.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Andrew Young are shown conversing at the 36th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention awards banquet.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Andrew Young, August 1993
Date Created
1993-08
Description
Joseph E. Lowery and Andrew Young are shown conversing at the 36th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention awards banquet.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series