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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  • Decade = 1960-1969
  • Collection = The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
  • Subjects = African Americans--Segregation
Martin Luther King, Jr. sings with others at the Chicago Freedom Festival to End Slums and Segregation. From left to right: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, King, unidentified man, Mahalia Jackson, unidentified man.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Chicago Freedom Festival to End Slums and Segregation, March 12, 1966
Date Created
1966-03-12
Description
Martin Luther King, Jr. sings with others at the Chicago Freedom Festival to End Slums and Segregation. From left to right: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, King, unidentified man, Mahalia Jackson, unidentified man.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Poverty, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Gloria Richardson and Lawrence Cundirr are shown speaking in a courtroom while court attendees listen. Written on front: CAMBRIDGE, MD., MAY 13 -- NEGRO LEADER IN COURTROOM -- Mrs. Gloria Richardson stands in courtroom talking with Lawrence Cundirr, executive advisor of committee for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. She was charged with disorderly conduct for her part in Monday night's demonstrations. Mrs. Richardson was released on $100 bail when she requested a jury trial. 1964.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Gloria Richardson in Court for Desegregation Demonstration, May 13, 1964
Date Created
1964-05-13
Description
Gloria Richardson and Lawrence Cundirr are shown speaking in a courtroom while court attendees listen. Written on front: CAMBRIDGE, MD., MAY 13 -- NEGRO LEADER IN COURTROOM -- Mrs. Gloria Richardson stands in courtroom talking with Lawrence Cundirr, executive advisor of committee for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. She was charged with disorderly conduct for her part in Monday night's demonstrations. Mrs. Richardson was released on $100 bail when she requested a jury trial. 1964.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Education, African Americans--Segregation, School integration
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil rights leaders are shown gathered at an court arraignment hearing after their participation in a demonstration against alleged defacto school integration in Chester, Pennsylvania. Written on front: Chester, PA., April 2 - LEADERS ARRAIGNED AFTER DEMONSTRATION - Negro leaders in the continuing demonstrations against alleged defacto school segregation in Chester, Pa., face a magistrate early today after their arrest last night. Stanley E. Branche, executive director of the Committee For Freedom Now, is at extreme left, with Mrs. Gloria Richardson, civil rights leader from Cambridge, Md., in center. Next to Mrs. Richardson is Philip Savage, NAACP tri-state secretary. 1964.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Arraignment After School Desegregation Demonstration, April 2, 1964
Date Created
1964-04-02
Description
Civil rights leaders are shown gathered at an court arraignment hearing after their participation in a demonstration against alleged defacto school integration in Chester, Pennsylvania. Written on front: Chester, PA., April 2 - LEADERS ARRAIGNED AFTER DEMONSTRATION - Negro leaders in the continuing demonstrations against alleged defacto school segregation in Chester, Pa., face a magistrate early today after their arrest last night. Stanley E. Branche, executive director of the Committee For Freedom Now, is at extreme left, with Mrs. Gloria Richardson, civil rights leader from Cambridge, Md., in center. Next to Mrs. Richardson is Philip Savage, NAACP tri-state secretary. 1964.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Education, African Americans--Segregation, School integration
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Mary E. Peabody, the mother of the governor of Massachusetts, sits with other women in the dining room of the Ponce de Leon Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Florida in an effort to integrate the restaurant. Caption on photo reads: (JV10) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 31 -- ARRESTED IN MOTEL DINING ROOM -- Mrs. Malcolm Peabody, center, chats with a friend as she sits with five Negro women in the dining room of the Ponce de Leon Motor Lodge at St. Augustine, Fla. today. Mrs. Peabody, mother of the Massachusetts governor, was arrested along with scores of others after service was refused and dogs were used to break up racial demonstrations. Mrs. Peabody was in St. Augustine with a group of New England sympathizers.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Mary E. Peabody at the Ponce de Leon Motor Lodge, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Mary E. Peabody, the mother of the governor of Massachusetts, sits with other women in the dining room of the Ponce de Leon Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Florida in an effort to integrate the restaurant. Caption on photo reads: (JV10) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 31 -- ARRESTED IN MOTEL DINING ROOM -- Mrs. Malcolm Peabody, center, chats with a friend as she sits with five Negro women in the dining room of the Ponce de Leon Motor Lodge at St. Augustine, Fla. today. Mrs. Peabody, mother of the Massachusetts governor, was arrested along with scores of others after service was refused and dogs were used to break up racial demonstrations. Mrs. Peabody was in St. Augustine with a group of New England sympathizers.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protesters are shown in a group photo at Logan Airport upon their return from Florida where several of them, including Mary Peabody, were arrested and jailed for their sit-in efforts. Written on verso: Copy for use of Dr. King.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group Photo of Protesters Being Welcomed at Logan Airport, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Protesters are shown in a group photo at Logan Airport upon their return from Florida where several of them, including Mary Peabody, were arrested and jailed for their sit-in efforts. Written on verso: Copy for use of Dr. King.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A civil rights demonstrator is shoved by a motel manager as a group of integrationists attempt to enter a motel restaurant. Caption on photo reads: (STA4) ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. June 18 -- SHOVING HIM TO AN ARREST -- Motel Manager James Brock, left, shoves a white integrationist toward an officer after a group of white and negro demonstrators tried to enter the motel restaurant.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil Rights Demonstrators in St. Augustine, Florida, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
A civil rights demonstrator is shoved by a motel manager as a group of integrationists attempt to enter a motel restaurant. Caption on photo reads: (STA4) ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. June 18 -- SHOVING HIM TO AN ARREST -- Motel Manager James Brock, left, shoves a white integrationist toward an officer after a group of white and negro demonstrators tried to enter the motel restaurant.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil rights demonstrators protest at the Florida Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. Caption on photo reads: (FA4) WORLD'S FAIR, N.Y. April 28 -- FLORIDA PAVILION PICKETED -- Members of the Florida chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality picket the Florida Pavilion at the World's Fair. Police asked the pickets to leave the Fair grounds. They refused and were then taken into the custody of World's Fair police.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protesters at the World's Fair, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Civil rights demonstrators protest at the Florida Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. Caption on photo reads: (FA4) WORLD'S FAIR, N.Y. April 28 -- FLORIDA PAVILION PICKETED -- Members of the Florida chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality picket the Florida Pavilion at the World's Fair. Police asked the pickets to leave the Fair grounds. They refused and were then taken into the custody of World's Fair police.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Oshkosh State College students are shown with human rights and anti-Wallace protest signs at a demonstration protesting Alabama Governor George Wallace. Caption on photo reads: Oshkosh, Wis. STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST WALLACE - - Faces blackened with burnt cork and carrying signs with an effigy hanging from a pole, Oshkosh State College students demonstrated against Alabama Gov. George Wallace Wednesday night. About 1,600 heard him speak.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
George Wallace Protest, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Oshkosh State College students are shown with human rights and anti-Wallace protest signs at a demonstration protesting Alabama Governor George Wallace. Caption on photo reads: Oshkosh, Wis. STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST WALLACE - - Faces blackened with burnt cork and carrying signs with an effigy hanging from a pole, Oshkosh State College students demonstrated against Alabama Gov. George Wallace Wednesday night. About 1,600 heard him speak.
Subject
Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of men with signs are shown demonstrating on Alabama Street in Atlanta, Georgia in support of the desegregation of Grady Hospital.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Grady Hospital Desegregation Demonstration, circa 1964
Date Created
1963/1965
Description
A group of men with signs are shown demonstrating on Alabama Street in Atlanta, Georgia in support of the desegregation of Grady Hospital.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Police are shown marching a group of civil rights demonstrators into a court house and arresting them for unlawful demonstration in Williamston, North Carolina. Caption on photo reads: (WST1) WILLIAMSTON, N.C., Nov. 15 -- COLLECTING CROSSES -- A Williamston police officer takes a cross from the hands of Rev. David King (out of view) of Amherst, Mass., as police marched a group of ministers and Negroes in the front door of the Court House and arrested them for unlawful demonstration. Second from right is Rev. Harvey Cox of Newton, Mass., who still holds his cross. Fifty-four of the Demonstrators are in jail.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Police Arresting Protesters at a Civil Rights Demonstration, November 15, 1963
Date Created
1963-11-15
Description
Police are shown marching a group of civil rights demonstrators into a court house and arresting them for unlawful demonstration in Williamston, North Carolina. Caption on photo reads: (WST1) WILLIAMSTON, N.C., Nov. 15 -- COLLECTING CROSSES -- A Williamston police officer takes a cross from the hands of Rev. David King (out of view) of Amherst, Mass., as police marched a group of ministers and Negroes in the front door of the Court House and arrested them for unlawful demonstration. Second from right is Rev. Harvey Cox of Newton, Mass., who still holds his cross. Fifty-four of the Demonstrators are in jail.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Segregation, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverends David King and Harvey Cox of Massachusetts lead demonstrators through a line of policemen in Williamston, North Carolina. Caption on photo reads: (WST2) WILLIAMSTON, N.C., Nov. 14 -- BEARING THEIR CROSSES -- Rev. David King of Amherst, Mass., left, and Rev Harvey Cox of Newton, Mass., bear crosses as they lead a group of ministers and Negroes between two lines of helmeted police. They were marched in the front door of the court house by police and arrested. The march was in protest against segregation in the city.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverends David King and Harvey Cox Leading Demonstrators With Crosses, November 14, 1963
Date Created
1963-11-14
Description
Reverends David King and Harvey Cox of Massachusetts lead demonstrators through a line of policemen in Williamston, North Carolina. Caption on photo reads: (WST2) WILLIAMSTON, N.C., Nov. 14 -- BEARING THEIR CROSSES -- Rev. David King of Amherst, Mass., left, and Rev Harvey Cox of Newton, Mass., bear crosses as they lead a group of ministers and Negroes between two lines of helmeted police. They were marched in the front door of the court house by police and arrested. The march was in protest against segregation in the city.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Segregation, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Eleanor Butler and her daughter are escorted by police after a sit-in at Davison Avenue School in the village of Lynbrook on Long Island, New York. Written on verso: Protesting parent arrested -- Mrs. Eleanor Butler and her daughter Leonora, 6, are escorted by Lynbrook, Long Island, New York, police on Sept. 4 at the Davison Avenue School in Lynbrook after her arrest. Police arrested five Negro parents and a Long Island civil rights official for loitering as they sat-in at the predominantly white elementary school. Principal Ray Blank of the Davison Avenue School, to which the demonstrators want more Negroes assigned, told them the Board of Education directed the arrests. Blank refused to admit the children without prescribed student transfer cards. At this point parents began the sit-in.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Long Island, New York Protests, September 4, 1963
Date Created
1963-09-04
Description
Eleanor Butler and her daughter are escorted by police after a sit-in at Davison Avenue School in the village of Lynbrook on Long Island, New York. Written on verso: Protesting parent arrested -- Mrs. Eleanor Butler and her daughter Leonora, 6, are escorted by Lynbrook, Long Island, New York, police on Sept. 4 at the Davison Avenue School in Lynbrook after her arrest. Police arrested five Negro parents and a Long Island civil rights official for loitering as they sat-in at the predominantly white elementary school. Principal Ray Blank of the Davison Avenue School, to which the demonstrators want more Negroes assigned, told them the Board of Education directed the arrests. Blank refused to admit the children without prescribed student transfer cards. At this point parents began the sit-in.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation, School integration
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Alabama State Troopers are shown blocking the entrance to Murphy High School to turn away Dorothy Bridget Davis and Henry Hobdy as part of George Wallace's executive order. Caption on photo reads: (MOB2) MOBILE, ALA., Sept. 9 - TROOPERS TURN BACK STUDENTS - With Alabama State Troopers blocking the main entrance to Murphy High School, Negro students, arms loaded with school books, Dorothy Bridget Davis, 16, and Henry Hobdy, 17, turn away from school. Hobdy is reading his copy of an executive order from Governor Wallace stopping the pair from attending classes. Murphy high is Alabama's largest high school with 3,300 students.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Alabama State Troopers Block Entrance to Murphy High School, September 1963
Date Created
1963-09
Description
Alabama State Troopers are shown blocking the entrance to Murphy High School to turn away Dorothy Bridget Davis and Henry Hobdy as part of George Wallace's executive order. Caption on photo reads: (MOB2) MOBILE, ALA., Sept. 9 - TROOPERS TURN BACK STUDENTS - With Alabama State Troopers blocking the main entrance to Murphy High School, Negro students, arms loaded with school books, Dorothy Bridget Davis, 16, and Henry Hobdy, 17, turn away from school. Hobdy is reading his copy of an executive order from Governor Wallace stopping the pair from attending classes. Murphy high is Alabama's largest high school with 3,300 students.
Subject
African American students, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, African Americans--Segregation, School integration
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Birmingham city council member Don A. Hawkins walks past a group of segregationists at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM8) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 22 -- TRIES TO IGNORE SIGNS -- Don A. Hawkins, a member of the Birmingham city council and one of five city leaders named to meet tomorrow in Washington with President Kennedy, walks past a group of segregationist today at the airport. An altercation took place between Hawkins and some sign bearers moments before. The demonstrators accused Hawkins of being an integrationist and a tool of Mayor Albert Boutwell.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Don A. Hawkins Walks Past a Group of Segregationists, September 1963
Date Created
1963-09
Description
Birmingham city council member Don A. Hawkins walks past a group of segregationists at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM8) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 22 -- TRIES TO IGNORE SIGNS -- Don A. Hawkins, a member of the Birmingham city council and one of five city leaders named to meet tomorrow in Washington with President Kennedy, walks past a group of segregationist today at the airport. An altercation took place between Hawkins and some sign bearers moments before. The demonstrators accused Hawkins of being an integrationist and a tool of Mayor Albert Boutwell.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
City police are shown exiting a school bus to take up positions at West End School on the first day of integration at the school. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 4 -- POLICE GET READY -- City police pile out of school bus to take up positions at West End School which is scheduled to be integrated in Birmingham, Ala. today.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Birmingham Police at West End School Integration, September 1963
Date Created
1963-09
Description
City police are shown exiting a school bus to take up positions at West End School on the first day of integration at the school. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 4 -- POLICE GET READY -- City police pile out of school bus to take up positions at West End School which is scheduled to be integrated in Birmingham, Ala. today.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, African Americans--Segregation, School integration
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Confederate flag flies outside of Shades Valley High School during a demonstration against integrated schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM5) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- REPLACES AMERICAN FLAG TEMPORARILY -- This Confederate flag was run up the flagstaff of the Shades Valley High School during today's demonstrations against integrated schools. School authorities quickly had it replaced with the American flag. Three schools integrated this week under federal orders. Students from both segregated and integrated schools have demonstrated at several schools in the city in an attempt to get others to join their boycott of classes.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Confederate Flag Flies Outside of Shades Valley High School, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
A Confederate flag flies outside of Shades Valley High School during a demonstration against integrated schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM5) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- REPLACES AMERICAN FLAG TEMPORARILY -- This Confederate flag was run up the flagstaff of the Shades Valley High School during today's demonstrations against integrated schools. School authorities quickly had it replaced with the American flag. Three schools integrated this week under federal orders. Students from both segregated and integrated schools have demonstrated at several schools in the city in an attempt to get others to join their boycott of classes.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of students are shown protesting against the integration of high schools in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- INTEGRATION DEMONSTRATION -- This group, made up of students from three integrated Birmingham High schools, wave Confederate flags and shout for students inside segregated Phillips High School to join their protest demonstration against Negroes attending their schools.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Birmingham, Alabama High School Student Anti-Integration Demonstration, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
A group of students are shown protesting against the integration of high schools in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- INTEGRATION DEMONSTRATION -- This group, made up of students from three integrated Birmingham High schools, wave Confederate flags and shout for students inside segregated Phillips High School to join their protest demonstration against Negroes attending their schools.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
High school students walk past a line of policemen in front of Phillips High School to protest school integration. Caption of photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- JOIN DEMONSTRATION -- Students walk past a line of policemen as they leave Phillips High School (background) today to join students from other city schools protesting integration. Students from integrated and segregated [illegible] held a demonstration outside segregated Phillips High.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Phillips High School Students Protest Against Integration, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
High school students walk past a line of policemen in front of Phillips High School to protest school integration. Caption of photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- JOIN DEMONSTRATION -- Students walk past a line of policemen as they leave Phillips High School (background) today to join students from other city schools protesting integration. Students from integrated and segregated [illegible] held a demonstration outside segregated Phillips High.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A West End High School student stands on a roof speaking through a megaphone to a group gathered in his backyard that walked out of class to protest the integration of Birmingham high schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 11 -- SHOUTING FROM THE HOUSE TOP -- A young West End High student talks through a megaphone to a group gathered in the backyard of his home after they left school today. The walkout came on the second day of integrated classes. The group attempted to demonstrate and when police broke it up they regrouped in the yard a block away.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
West End High School Student Leading Integration Protest from Roof, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
A West End High School student stands on a roof speaking through a megaphone to a group gathered in his backyard that walked out of class to protest the integration of Birmingham high schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 11 -- SHOUTING FROM THE HOUSE TOP -- A young West End High student talks through a megaphone to a group gathered in the backyard of his home after they left school today. The walkout came on the second day of integrated classes. The group attempted to demonstrate and when police broke it up they regrouped in the yard a block away.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A student who desegregated West End High School sits in a car whose window is broken from a rock that was thrown at it as the students were leaving the school. Caption on photo reads: (BM5) BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Sept. 11 -- CAR WINDOW SMASHED -- One of two Negro girl students who desegregated West End High School in Birmingham sits in car and is partially framed by broken auto window. A rock was hurled through the window as the Negro girls were leaving the school area after class this afternoon.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Girl Sitting in a Car With a Broken Window, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
A student who desegregated West End High School sits in a car whose window is broken from a rock that was thrown at it as the students were leaving the school. Caption on photo reads: (BM5) BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Sept. 11 -- CAR WINDOW SMASHED -- One of two Negro girl students who desegregated West End High School in Birmingham sits in car and is partially framed by broken auto window. A rock was hurled through the window as the Negro girls were leaving the school area after class this afternoon.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series