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
  • Subjects = Civil rights movements
  • Subjects = Funeral rites and ceremonies
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
Pallbearers are shown carrying out Malcolm X's casket from the Faith Temple of God in Christ. Written on verso: Malcom X's casket leaves church -- The casket of slain Black nationalist leader Malcolm X is carried by pallbearers from the Faith Temple of God in Christ after services in New York's Harlem Feb. 27. The funeral rites drew several prominent leaders.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Malcolm X Funeral, February 27, 1965
Date Created
1965-02-27
Description
Pallbearers are shown carrying out Malcolm X's casket from the Faith Temple of God in Christ. Written on verso: Malcom X's casket leaves church -- The casket of slain Black nationalist leader Malcolm X is carried by pallbearers from the Faith Temple of God in Christ after services in New York's Harlem Feb. 27. The funeral rites drew several prominent leaders.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Funeral rites and ceremonies
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of people line the street on both sides in front of the Lincoln Memorial. A hearse is driving by on the road.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators With Hands Up Standing Outside of Lincoln Memorial, circa 1968
Date Created
1963/1968
Description
A crowd of people line the street on both sides in front of the Lincoln Memorial. A hearse is driving by on the road.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Funeral rites and ceremonies
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series