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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Rally attendees and members of the press are shown gathered with signs at the Jobs and Peace Rally in Atlanta, Georgia. Details about the Jobs and Peace Rally can be found on pages 21-25 of the May-June 1983 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07023.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jobs and Peace Rally Attendees and Members of the Press, April 1983
Date Created
1983-04
Description
Rally attendees and members of the press are shown gathered with signs at the Jobs and Peace Rally in Atlanta, Georgia. Details about the Jobs and Peace Rally can be found on pages 21-25 of the May-June 1983 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07023.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Employment
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Jobs and Peace Rally attendee is shown holding a protest sign that reads, "PUSH NOW AFFIRMATIVE ACTION YES, REAGAN NO". Details about the Jobs and Peace Rally can be found on pages 21-25 of the May-June 1983 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07023.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Jobs and Peace Rally Attendee Holds a Protest Sign, April 1983
Date Created
1983-04
Description
A Jobs and Peace Rally attendee is shown holding a protest sign that reads, "PUSH NOW AFFIRMATIVE ACTION YES, REAGAN NO". Details about the Jobs and Peace Rally can be found on pages 21-25 of the May-June 1983 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07023.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Employment, Affirmative action programs
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Children are shown at the Jobs and Peace Rally holding protest signs. Details about the Jobs and Peace Rally can be found on pages 21-25 of the May-June 1983 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07023.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Children at the Jobs and Peace Rally Hold Signs, April 1983
Date Created
1983-04
Description
Children are shown at the Jobs and Peace Rally holding protest signs. Details about the Jobs and Peace Rally can be found on pages 21-25 of the May-June 1983 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07023.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Employment, African American children
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Hal McIver, organizing director for IUD, AFL-CIO, is shown addressing the Jobs and Peace Rally in Atlanta, Georgia. Details about the Jobs and Peace Rally can be found on pages 21-25 of the May-June 1983 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07023.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Hal McIver Speaking at the Jobs and Peace Rally, April 1983
Date Created
1983-04
Description
Hal McIver, organizing director for IUD, AFL-CIO, is shown addressing the Jobs and Peace Rally in Atlanta, Georgia. Details about the Jobs and Peace Rally can be found on pages 21-25 of the May-June 1983 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07023.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Employment
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of demonstrators are shown standing around a casket with protest signs, one of which reads "We Don't Need A Racist Mayor So Beat It Emory Folmar".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group of Demonstrators Stand Around a Casket With Protest Signs, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
A group of demonstrators are shown standing around a casket with protest signs, one of which reads "We Don't Need A Racist Mayor So Beat It Emory Folmar".
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified woman holds a sign that reads "Join SCLC Woman Power" at a march prompted by the killing of the Russaw brothers by police officers in Eufaula, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An Unidentified Woman Holds a "Join SCLC Woman Power" Sign at a March, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
An unidentified woman holds a sign that reads "Join SCLC Woman Power" at a march prompted by the killing of the Russaw brothers by police officers in Eufaula, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of unidentified men walk down a street carrying a casket while others, including a woman in wheelchair, follow behind them.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group of Unidentified Men March Down a Street Carrying a Casket, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
A group of unidentified men walk down a street carrying a casket while others, including a woman in wheelchair, follow behind them.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators are shown holding protest signs as part of a march to protest the killing of the Russaw brothers by police in Eufaula, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group of Demonstrators Holding Protest Signs During the Eufaula March, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
Demonstrators are shown holding protest signs as part of a march to protest the killing of the Russaw brothers by police in Eufaula, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of demonstrators are gathered as part of the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage March from Eufaula to Montgomery, Alabama. One demonstrator holds a sign protesting Emory Folmar, the mayor of Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Crowd of Demonstrators With a "We Don't Need a Racist Mayor So Beat It Emory Folmar" Sign, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
A crowd of demonstrators are gathered as part of the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage March from Eufaula to Montgomery, Alabama. One demonstrator holds a sign protesting Emory Folmar, the mayor of Montgomery, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators are shown walking down a street in a march prompted by the killing of the Russaw brothers in Eufaula, Alabama. Several demonstrators hold a banner that reads "Concerned Ministers For Human Rights".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Crowd of Demonstrators Marching With a "Concerned Ministers for Human Rights" Banner, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
Demonstrators are shown walking down a street in a march prompted by the killing of the Russaw brothers in Eufaula, Alabama. Several demonstrators hold a banner that reads "Concerned Ministers For Human Rights".
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff member John Nettles addresses a crowd of demonstrators gathered to protest the killing of the Russaw brothers by police in Eufaula, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
John Nettles Addressing a Crowd of Demonstrators, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff member John Nettles addresses a crowd of demonstrators gathered to protest the killing of the Russaw brothers by police in Eufaula, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
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