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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Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington speaks at Central United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Joseph E. Lowery and Maynard Jackson look on and listen.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Mayor Richard Arrington Speaking At Central United Methodist Church, circa 1980
Date Created
1978/1982
Description
Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington speaks at Central United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Joseph E. Lowery and Maynard Jackson look on and listen.
Subject
African American mayors, African Americans--Religion, African American men
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson speaks at Central United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson welcomes Mayor Richard Arrington (right) of Birmingham to Atlanta. Seated next to Mayor Arrington is Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, president of SCLC and pastor of Central United Methodist Church where Arrington was Men's Day speaker. Arrington praised SCLC's role in the struggle for human dignity and observed that his role as the first Black mayor of Birmingham, Ala. is a part of that struggle.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Mayor Maynard Jackson Speaking At Central United Methodist Church, circa 1980
Date Created
1978/1982
Description
Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson speaks at Central United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson welcomes Mayor Richard Arrington (right) of Birmingham to Atlanta. Seated next to Mayor Arrington is Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, president of SCLC and pastor of Central United Methodist Church where Arrington was Men's Day speaker. Arrington praised SCLC's role in the struggle for human dignity and observed that his role as the first Black mayor of Birmingham, Ala. is a part of that struggle.
Subject
African American mayors, African Americans--Religion, African American men
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series