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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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
Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking to E. Randel T. Osburn alongside Evelyn G. Lowery and others at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Board Luncheon. Written on verso: Discussing a "serious problem"... President Lowery instructs E. Randel T. Osburn and Sevell Brown, III to improvise as SCLC is confronted with larger turnout for board luncheon than anticipated. Awaiting lunch is Mrs. Lowery, Dr. David Swenton, speaker and Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaking to E. Randel T. Osburn, April 1986
Date Created
1986-04
Description
Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking to E. Randel T. Osburn alongside Evelyn G. Lowery and others at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Board Luncheon. Written on verso: Discussing a "serious problem"... President Lowery instructs E. Randel T. Osburn and Sevell Brown, III to improvise as SCLC is confronted with larger turnout for board luncheon than anticipated. Awaiting lunch is Mrs. Lowery, Dr. David Swenton, speaker and Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Associations, institutions, etc., Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown sitting with other Southern Christian Leadership Conference Board members at a luncheon meeting. Written on verso: Dr. Joseph Lowery meets the press and others gathered.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery With Others at a SCLC Board Luncheon, April 1986
Date Created
1986-04
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown sitting with other Southern Christian Leadership Conference Board members at a luncheon meeting. Written on verso: Dr. Joseph Lowery meets the press and others gathered.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Middle school students are shown posing for a picture at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference national headquarters. Information from page 19 of the 29th Annual SCLC Convention Souvenir Journal (auc.199.07319): "SCLC Junior Volunteer, Nathan Smith poses with new "recruits" to the SCLC family." Written on verso: Students pose outside SCLC Headquarters
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Students at SCLC Headquarters, 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
Middle school students are shown posing for a picture at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference national headquarters. Information from page 19 of the 29th Annual SCLC Convention Souvenir Journal (auc.199.07319): "SCLC Junior Volunteer, Nathan Smith poses with new "recruits" to the SCLC family." Written on verso: Students pose outside SCLC Headquarters
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Education, Associations, institutions, etc., Children
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
The group Atlanta Ministry With International Students (AMIS) are shown marching with Emory University representatives and other during an unknown event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Atlanta Ministry With International Students Marching With Others, circa 1986
Date Created
1985/1986
Description
The group Atlanta Ministry With International Students (AMIS) are shown marching with Emory University representatives and other during an unknown event.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown presenting an award at the 28th Annual SCLC Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery With Others at the 28th Annual SCLC Convention, August 1985
Date Created
1985-08
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown presenting an award at the 28th Annual SCLC Convention.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An audience is shown enjoying a choir performance at the 28th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Choir Performance at the 28th Annual SCLC Convention, August 1985
Date Created
1985-08
Description
An audience is shown enjoying a choir performance at the 28th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Convention.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc., African Americans--Music
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Quentin Bradford, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's national communications director, is shown addressing a crowd at the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Freedom Games. For more details, see page 94 of the May-June 1985 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07026. Written on verso: SCLC's Bradford greets spectators. Flanking him are (left to right) Gerald Lowrey, director of athletics and recreation at Emory; Emory student _____; meet director Bob Varsha; and Tom Aderhold, president of the Atlanta Track Club.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Quentin Bradford Speaks at MLK, Jr. Freedom Games, April 21, 1985
Date Created
1985-04-21
Description
Quentin Bradford, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's national communications director, is shown addressing a crowd at the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Freedom Games. For more details, see page 94 of the May-June 1985 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07026. Written on verso: SCLC's Bradford greets spectators. Flanking him are (left to right) Gerald Lowrey, director of athletics and recreation at Emory; Emory student _____; meet director Bob Varsha; and Tom Aderhold, president of the Atlanta Track Club.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, African American universities and colleges, Demonstrations, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
C.T. Vivian (center) is shown smiling alongside Claud Young (second from left in photo) and others during a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Board meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Claud Young, C.T. Vivian and Others in a SCLC Board Meeting, April 4, 1985
Date Created
1985-04-04
Description
C.T. Vivian (center) is shown smiling alongside Claud Young (second from left in photo) and others during a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Board meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Abraham Woods, Brenda Davenport, and Johnnie Carr (seated left to right at table) are with others during a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Board meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Abraham Woods and Others at a SCLC Board Meeting, April 4, 1985
Date Created
1985-04-04
Description
Abraham Woods, Brenda Davenport, and Johnnie Carr (seated left to right at table) are with others during a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Board meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Johnny Ford is shown smiling between John Nettles and others at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Board meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
John Nettles, Johnny Ford, and Others at a SCLC Board Meeting, April 4, 1985
Date Created
1985-04-04
Description
Johnny Ford is shown smiling between John Nettles and others at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Board meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery and SCLC Board Chairman Walter E. Fauntroy are shown leading a SCLC Board meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Walter E. Fauntroy Lead a SCLC Board Meeting, April 4, 1985
Date Created
1985-04-04
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery and SCLC Board Chairman Walter E. Fauntroy are shown leading a SCLC Board meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff stand outside of the SCLC national headquarters building with members of the DeKalb County Minority Fire and Emergency Medical Services Association. See page 59 of the June-July 1984 SCLC Magazine for more details: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07025. Written on verso: SCLC staffers and members of the DeKalb County Minority Fire and Emergency Medical Services Association, an SCLC affiliate, pause outside of SCLC National Headquarters after ending 3 hour meeting on discrimination in this life saving unit of government. Left to right: Ralph Worrell, Frederick Moore, Keith Silver, Capt. Robert Johnson, Prince Williams, Gerald Morris and E. Randel T. Osburn.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Staffers With Members of the DeKalb County Minority Fire and Emergency Medical Services Association, 1984
Date Created
1984
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff stand outside of the SCLC national headquarters building with members of the DeKalb County Minority Fire and Emergency Medical Services Association. See page 59 of the June-July 1984 SCLC Magazine for more details: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07025. Written on verso: SCLC staffers and members of the DeKalb County Minority Fire and Emergency Medical Services Association, an SCLC affiliate, pause outside of SCLC National Headquarters after ending 3 hour meeting on discrimination in this life saving unit of government. Left to right: Ralph Worrell, Frederick Moore, Keith Silver, Capt. Robert Johnson, Prince Williams, Gerald Morris and E. Randel T. Osburn.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Associations, institutions, etc., Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff members are shown standing at a table behind buckets with Dick Gregory (at far left, half out of photo), SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, and others in the background.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Staff Members Stand at a Table Behind Buckets, circa 1983
Date Created
1983/1986
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff members are shown standing at a table behind buckets with Dick Gregory (at far left, half out of photo), SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, and others in the background.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American leadership, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dr. Benjamin Hooks is shown speaking at the 26th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dr. Benjamin Hooks Speaking at the 26th Annual SCLC Convention, August 1983
Date Created
1983-08
Description
Dr. Benjamin Hooks is shown speaking at the 26th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Senator Gary Hart is shown speaking at a the 26th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend James Lawson Speaking at a the 26th Annual SCLC Convention, August 1983
Date Created
1983-08
Description
Senator Gary Hart is shown speaking at a the 26th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc., African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend Emanuel Cleaver is shown presenting a gavel to outgoing SCLC Kansas City Chapter President, Dr. Jesse Douglas. Written on verso: Rev. Emanuel Cleaver, Mid-Central Vice President, presenting gavel to outgoing SCLC President, Dr. Jesse Douglas.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend Emanuel Cleaver Presenting a Gavel to Dr. Jesse L. Douglas, April 29, 1982
Date Created
1982-04-29
Description
Reverend Emanuel Cleaver is shown presenting a gavel to outgoing SCLC Kansas City Chapter President, Dr. Jesse Douglas. Written on verso: Rev. Emanuel Cleaver, Mid-Central Vice President, presenting gavel to outgoing SCLC President, Dr. Jesse Douglas.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American leadership, Associations, institutions, etc., Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Several former Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff members are shown attending the Hungry Club Forum to listen to SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery speak. See page 61 of the April-May 1982 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07021. Written on verso: Numerous former SCLC staff members came to listen to SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery address the Hungry Club Forum in Atlanta January 6th where extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was emphasized. Left to right are Mrs. Rita Samuels and Stanley Wise, formerly of SNCC (seated), Ms. Dorothy Cotton and Delores Harmon (standing) and Willie Bolden and Marian Willingham (seated at right).
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Former SCLC Staff Members Attend the Hungry Club Forum, January 6, 1982
Date Created
1982-01-06
Description
Several former Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff members are shown attending the Hungry Club Forum to listen to SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery speak. See page 61 of the April-May 1982 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07021. Written on verso: Numerous former SCLC staff members came to listen to SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery address the Hungry Club Forum in Atlanta January 6th where extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was emphasized. Left to right are Mrs. Rita Samuels and Stanley Wise, formerly of SNCC (seated), Ms. Dorothy Cotton and Delores Harmon (standing) and Willie Bolden and Marian Willingham (seated at right).
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery poses for a photo with members of the new Southern Christian Leadership Conference chapter in Dublin, Georgia on the occasion of the chapter's first installation of officer's ceremony. Chapter members are (left to right, front row), Ms. Merita Evans, assistant secretary; Ms. Bertha Jones, program committee chair; Rev. Joseph P. Collins, chapter president; Ms. Linnie King, membership committee chair; Ms. Nora Martin, chapter secretary- Ms. Nina Brinson, chaplain; and back row, left to
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Poses With Members of the SCLC Chapter in Dublin, Georgia, circa 1982
Date Created
1981/1982
Description
Joseph E. Lowery poses for a photo with members of the new Southern Christian Leadership Conference chapter in Dublin, Georgia on the occasion of the chapter's first installation of officer's ceremony. Chapter members are (left to right, front row), Ms. Merita Evans, assistant secretary; Ms. Bertha Jones, program committee chair; Rev. Joseph P. Collins, chapter president; Ms. Linnie King, membership committee chair; Ms. Nora Martin, chapter secretary- Ms. Nina Brinson, chaplain; and back row, left to
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American men, African American women, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
E. Randel T. Osburn and others are shown posing for a photo outside of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
E. Randel T. Osburn and Others at SCLC Headquarters, circa 1982
Date Created
1981/1982
Description
E. Randel T. Osburn and others are shown posing for a photo outside of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Buildings and grounds, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series