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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Rosa Parks and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a photo during the proceedings of a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Rosa Parks and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a photo during the proceedings of a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American women, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery pose for a group photo with other Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Board members and meeting attendees during the SCLC Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Other Board members in the photo include Claud Young (first on right) and Evelyn Occhino (third from right).
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery pose for a group photo with other Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Board members and meeting attendees during the SCLC Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Other Board members in the photo include Claud Young (first on right) and Evelyn Occhino (third from right).
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery laughs at something during a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery laughs at something during a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
E. Randel T. Osburn, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference director of chapters and affiliates, speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
E. Randel T. Osburn, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference director of chapters and affiliates, speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/WOMEN President Evelyn G. Lowery is shown listening during a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
SCLC/WOMEN President Evelyn G. Lowery is shown listening during a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American women, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a SCLC Spring Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dick Gregory is shown speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Dick Gregory is shown speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American entertainers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dick Gregory is shown speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Spring Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Dick Gregory is shown speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American entertainers, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dick Gregory is shown with Claud Young (at right) and an unidentified man sitting in front of a choir at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dick Gregory and Others Sitting in Church During a SCLC Board Meeting, April 1990
Date Created
1990-04
Description
Dick Gregory is shown with Claud Young (at right) and an unidentified man sitting in front of a choir at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Spring Board meeting held at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Political participation, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Frederick Moore and Johnny Johnson are shown posing for a picture at a convention in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Frederick Moore and Johnny Johnson, 1990
Date Created
1990
Description
Frederick Moore and Johnny Johnson are shown posing for a picture at a convention in Birmingham, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Vice President Dan Quayle speaks at the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Vice President Dan Quayle Speaks at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
Vice President Dan Quayle speaks at the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, Political science
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown sitting amongst a choir and others in Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Caption from the November-December 1989 SCLC Magazine, page 14: Glen Halsey directs Cascade United Methodist Church Men's Choirs as they entertain SCLC conventioneers at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. Lowery gave his Annual Address. Seated on the platform are Dr. Lowery, Mrs. Lowery, Fred Shuttlesworth and Ralph Abernathy. See http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07038.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown sitting amongst a choir and others in Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Caption from the November-December 1989 SCLC Magazine, page 14: Glen Halsey directs Cascade United Methodist Church Men's Choirs as they entertain SCLC conventioneers at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. Lowery gave his Annual Address. Seated on the platform are Dr. Lowery, Mrs. Lowery, Fred Shuttlesworth and Ralph Abernathy. See http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07038.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown rising out of their seats during an event held at Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery With Others at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown rising out of their seats during an event held at Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/WOMEN President Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking alongside Carolyn Watson and others at the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery Speaking at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
SCLC/WOMEN President Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking alongside Carolyn Watson and others at the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, African American women social reformers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking in Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaking at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking in Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Eugene Marino, Floyd Flake, and Evelyn G. Lowery are shown sitting during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Caption from the November-December 1989 SCLC Magazine, page 46: Prayer Breakfast speaker (c) Cong. Floyd Flake (pastor of the Allen AME Church, Jamaica, N.Y.); Atlanta Archbishop, Eugene Marino (1st African American Archbishop); and Mrs. Evelyn Lowery, SCLC/WOMEN, enjoy the Dallas Ft. Worth Youth Choir. See http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07038.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Eugene Marino, Floyd Flake, and Evelyn G. Lowery, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
Eugene Marino, Floyd Flake, and Evelyn G. Lowery are shown sitting during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Caption from the November-December 1989 SCLC Magazine, page 46: Prayer Breakfast speaker (c) Cong. Floyd Flake (pastor of the Allen AME Church, Jamaica, N.Y.); Atlanta Archbishop, Eugene Marino (1st African American Archbishop); and Mrs. Evelyn Lowery, SCLC/WOMEN, enjoy the Dallas Ft. Worth Youth Choir. See http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07038.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, African American clergy, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown listening to Floyd Flake speak during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: New York Congressman Floyd Flake give spiritual sermon of hope and love during closing convension [sic] session. Congressman Flake led a program of national religious leaders from throughout the country. Dr. & Mrs. Lowery look on.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Floyd Flake Speaking at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown listening to Floyd Flake speak during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: New York Congressman Floyd Flake give spiritual sermon of hope and love during closing convension [sic] session. Congressman Flake led a program of national religious leaders from throughout the country. Dr. & Mrs. Lowery look on.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of cameramen at the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: 32nd Annual confab drew national media attention throughout the three days of meetings and speeches! C -Span aired most the the [sic] convention live. Shoney's Covenant press conference culminate activities.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group of Cameramen at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
A group of cameramen at the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: 32nd Annual confab drew national media attention throughout the three days of meetings and speeches! C -Span aired most the the [sic] convention live. Shoney's Covenant press conference culminate activities.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle sits with Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dan Quayle and Joseph E. Lowery, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle sits with Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Political science, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series