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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John McCullum testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Written on verso: Mr. John McCullum testifies at National Anti-Klan Network lobby to the racist violence he encountered in Carbonhill, Alabama in 1979 when parading Klansmen blasted him in the face with a shotgun.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
John McCullum Testifies at the U.S. Justice Department, May 1981
Date Created
1981-05
Description
John McCullum testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Written on verso: Mr. John McCullum testifies at National Anti-Klan Network lobby to the racist violence he encountered in Carbonhill, Alabama in 1979 when parading Klansmen blasted him in the face with a shotgun.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend Fred Taylor testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Written on verso: Rev. Fred D. Taylor, national director of chapters and affiliates for SCLC and a member of the National Anti-Klan Network, tells of the beating he received from a Georgia sheriff when he led a movement for justice for blacks in Wrightsville, Georgia in 1980.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend Fred Taylor Testifies at the U.S. Justice Department, May 1981
Date Created
1981-05
Description
Reverend Fred Taylor testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Written on verso: Rev. Fred D. Taylor, national director of chapters and affiliates for SCLC and a member of the National Anti-Klan Network, tells of the beating he received from a Georgia sheriff when he led a movement for justice for blacks in Wrightsville, Georgia in 1980.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Casmarah Mani testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Written on verso: Mr. Casmarah Mani of Mobile, Alabama testifies before U.S. Justice Department officials about the threat he got from Mobile police officers in 1976 who dangled a lynch rope before him. Mani is leading the protests in Mobile over this year's lynching of 19-year-old Michael Donald.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Casmarah Mani Testifies at the U.S. Justice Department, May 1981
Date Created
1981-05
Description
Casmarah Mani testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Written on verso: Mr. Casmarah Mani of Mobile, Alabama testifies before U.S. Justice Department officials about the threat he got from Mobile police officers in 1976 who dangled a lynch rope before him. Mani is leading the protests in Mobile over this year's lynching of 19-year-old Michael Donald.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dr. Robert B. Moore testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Written on verso: Dr. Robert B. Moore of the Council on Interracial Books for Children, tells Anti-Klan Network members in Washington, D.C. for a two-day lobby against racist violence that racism and sexism are taught to Klan children.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dr. Robert B. Moore Testifies at the U.S. Justice Department, May 1981
Date Created
1981-05
Description
Dr. Robert B. Moore testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Written on verso: Dr. Robert B. Moore of the Council on Interracial Books for Children, tells Anti-Klan Network members in Washington, D.C. for a two-day lobby against racist violence that racism and sexism are taught to Klan children.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Testifies at the U.S. Justice Department, May 1981
Date Created
1981-05
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Arthur Kinay testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. [Note: Caption from page 67 in the June-July 1981 SCLC Magazine issue reads: "Professor Arthur Kinay of Rutgers University, says the president and attorney general must recognize the rise of the Klan as an emergency situation, and institute national federal injunctive actions against Klan groups." See http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07018.]
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Arthur Kinay Testifies at the U.S. Justice Department, May 1981
Date Created
1981-05
Description
Arthur Kinay testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. [Note: Caption from page 67 in the June-July 1981 SCLC Magazine issue reads: "Professor Arthur Kinay of Rutgers University, says the president and attorney general must recognize the rise of the Klan as an emergency situation, and institute national federal injunctive actions against Klan groups." See http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07018.]
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of men are shown demonstrating with signs protesting the Reagan administration and racism during a rally to protest South Africa's invasion of Angola.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest Against South Africa's Invasion of Angola, 1981
Date Created
1981
Description
A group of men are shown demonstrating with signs protesting the Reagan administration and racism during a rally to protest South Africa's invasion of Angola.
Subject
Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Labor, Race discrimination, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
March participants are shown with a UFCW union banner at a Solidarity Day March.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Solidarity Day March, circa 1981
Date Created
1980/1982
Description
March participants are shown with a UFCW union banner at a Solidarity Day March.
Subject
Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Race discrimination, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
March participants are shown conversing with anti-racism demonstration signs at a Solidarity Day March.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Solidarity Day March, circa 1981
Date Created
1980/1982
Description
March participants are shown conversing with anti-racism demonstration signs at a Solidarity Day March.
Subject
Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) officials, including C.T. Vivian and SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery (second and third from left, respectively), stand outside of a building with broken windows, a result of the riots in Miami caused by a jury acquitting four Dade County Public Safety Department officers in the death of Arthur McDuffie.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Officials Observe Damage from the Miami Riots, May 1980
Date Created
1980-05
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) officials, including C.T. Vivian and SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery (second and third from left, respectively), stand outside of a building with broken windows, a result of the riots in Miami caused by a jury acquitting four Dade County Public Safety Department officers in the death of Arthur McDuffie.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Joseph E. Lowery points to the spraypainted message "Payback!!!!" on the wall of a building that was destroyed during three days of rioting in Miami, Florida. Written on verso: Payback! ... The message is clear to Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, who surveys the charred remains of a business in Miami's Liberty City where the acquittal of four white ex-police officers in the fatal beating of black businessman Arthur McDuffie sparked three days of rioting. Sixteen people were killed and $100 million in damage was done from fire-bombing, sniping and vandalism. Lowery was summoned to Miami to help ease racial tensions. While there he met with U.S. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti who is spearheading a federal investigation into McDuffie's death.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery at a Building Damaged in the Miami Riots, May 1980
Date Created
1980-05
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Joseph E. Lowery points to the spraypainted message "Payback!!!!" on the wall of a building that was destroyed during three days of rioting in Miami, Florida. Written on verso: Payback! ... The message is clear to Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, who surveys the charred remains of a business in Miami's Liberty City where the acquittal of four white ex-police officers in the fatal beating of black businessman Arthur McDuffie sparked three days of rioting. Sixteen people were killed and $100 million in damage was done from fire-bombing, sniping and vandalism. Lowery was summoned to Miami to help ease racial tensions. While there he met with U.S. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti who is spearheading a federal investigation into McDuffie's death.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery delivers the keynote address at an Anti-Klan Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia. More details about the conference can be found on pages 50-51 of the January-February 1980 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07011. Written on verso: Joseph E. Lowery delivered keynote address at Anti-Klan Conference in Atlanta during the month of December. The SCLC President said a united effort is needed to bring an end to KKK violence and a rising wave of racism. Listening attentively is Ken Chastain, a union organizer who was beaten up by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Note: Duplicate of photo can found at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:02407.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Delivering Keynote at Anti-Klan Conference in Atlanta, December 1979
Date Created
1979-12
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery delivers the keynote address at an Anti-Klan Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia. More details about the conference can be found on pages 50-51 of the January-February 1980 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07011. Written on verso: Joseph E. Lowery delivered keynote address at Anti-Klan Conference in Atlanta during the month of December. The SCLC President said a united effort is needed to bring an end to KKK violence and a rising wave of racism. Listening attentively is Ken Chastain, a union organizer who was beaten up by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Note: Duplicate of photo can found at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:02407.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Race discrimination, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A police officer in Alabama riding on a police motorcycle.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Police Officer in Alabama, circa 1980
Date Created
1975/1985
Description
A police officer in Alabama riding on a police motorcycle.
Subject
Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan members at an unknown event somewhere in Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan Members, circa 1980
Date Created
1975/1985
Description
Ku Klux Klan members at an unknown event somewhere in Georgia.
Subject
Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of demonstrators are shown sitting with press on a stage in the background at a Solidarity Day March.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Solidarity Day March, circa 1972
Date Created
1968/1976
Description
A crowd of demonstrators are shown sitting with press on a stage in the background at a Solidarity Day March.
Subject
Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Labor, Race discrimination, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy is shown addressing a crowd of demonstrators and the press outside of the U.S. Department of Justice building at a Solidarity Day March.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Solidarity Day March, circa 1972
Date Created
1968/1976
Description
Ralph D. Abernathy is shown addressing a crowd of demonstrators and the press outside of the U.S. Department of Justice building at a Solidarity Day March.
Subject
Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Labor, Race discrimination, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy stands with other demonstrators on the steps of the Supreme Court building at a Solidarity Day March.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Solidarity Day March, circa 1972
Date Created
1968/1976
Description
Ralph D. Abernathy stands with other demonstrators on the steps of the Supreme Court building at a Solidarity Day March.
Subject
Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Labor, Race discrimination, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A photo of a Ku Klux Klan member.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Ku Klux Klan Member, circa 1970
Date Created
1965/1975
Description
A photo of a Ku Klux Klan member.
Subject
Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan members in a group.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan Members, circa 1970
Date Created
1965/1975
Description
Ku Klux Klan members in a group.
Subject
Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A photo of a Ku Klux Klan member.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Ku Klux Klan Member, circa 1970
Date Created
1965/1975
Description
A photo of a Ku Klux Klan member.
Subject
Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series