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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SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. founder Evelyn G. Lowery is interviewed at the Five Points MARTA station by the press. SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. was conducting AIDS/HIV outreach at the MARTA station.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. AIDS Outreach, circa 1997
Date Created
1997/1998
Description
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. founder Evelyn G. Lowery is interviewed at the Five Points MARTA station by the press. SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. was conducting AIDS/HIV outreach at the MARTA station.
Subject
AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Special events, Interviews, African American women social reformers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. volunteers conducting AIDS/HIV outreach at the Five Points MARTA station in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. AIDS Outreach, circa 1997
Date Created
1997/1998
Description
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. volunteers conducting AIDS/HIV outreach at the Five Points MARTA station in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Members from the Outreach, Inc. organization sit at a table and speak with citizens about AIDS/HIV information and resources at the Five Points MARTA station in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. AIDS Outreach, circa 1997
Date Created
1997/1998
Description
Members from the Outreach, Inc. organization sit at a table and speak with citizens about AIDS/HIV information and resources at the Five Points MARTA station in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Special events, Interviews, African American women social reformers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Chili of singing group TLC is shown speaking at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day event while Evelyn G. Lowery, Joseph E. Lowery, and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan listen. Caption from the March/April 1993 SCLC Magazine, page 57 (http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07051): 'Chili' of the hot musical group TLC, told it like it is at the symposium ... the message was abstinence first, protection second and respect always.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day Event, December 1, 1992
Date Created
1992-12-01
Description
Chili of singing group TLC is shown speaking at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day event while Evelyn G. Lowery, Joseph E. Lowery, and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan listen. Caption from the March/April 1993 SCLC Magazine, page 57 (http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07051): 'Chili' of the hot musical group TLC, told it like it is at the symposium ... the message was abstinence first, protection second and respect always.
Subject
African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, African American universities and colleges, African American singers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Chili of singing group TLC is shown speaking at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day event while Joseph and Evelyn Lowery listen.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day Event, December 1, 1992
Date Created
1992-12-01
Description
Chili of singing group TLC is shown speaking at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day event while Joseph and Evelyn Lowery listen.
Subject
African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, African American universities and colleges, African American singers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown addressing the audience at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day event at Spelman College.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day Event, December 1, 1992
Date Created
1992-12-01
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown addressing the audience at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day event at Spelman College.
Subject
African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, African American universities and colleges
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified man is shown addressing an audience at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day event at Spelman College.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day Event, December 1, 1992
Date Created
1992-12-01
Description
An unidentified man is shown addressing an audience at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day event at Spelman College.
Subject
African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, African American universities and colleges
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery speaks at a World AIDS Day event sponsored by SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. and held at Spelman College.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. World AIDS Day Event, December 1, 1992
Date Created
1992-12-01
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery speaks at a World AIDS Day event sponsored by SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. and held at Spelman College.
Subject
African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery (fourth from left, first pew) is shown holding hands and singing with others during SCLC/WOMEN's World AIDS Day event at Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: SCLC/WOMEN's World AIDS Day 1990
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
World AIDS Day Event at Cascade United Methodist Church, 1990
Date Created
1990
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery (fourth from left, first pew) is shown holding hands and singing with others during SCLC/WOMEN's World AIDS Day event at Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: SCLC/WOMEN's World AIDS Day 1990
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of people are shown holding hands and singing with others during SCLC/WOMEN's World AIDS Day event at Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: SCLC/WOMEN's World AIDS Day 1990
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
World AIDS Day Event at Cascade United Methodist Church, 1990
Date Created
1990
Description
A group of people are shown holding hands and singing with others during SCLC/WOMEN's World AIDS Day event at Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: SCLC/WOMEN's World AIDS Day 1990
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown standing with an AIDS and Drug Abuse information display.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
AIDS and the Black Community National Conference, circa 1987
Date Created
1987/1988
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown standing with an AIDS and Drug Abuse information display.
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Carolyn Watson and other women are shown gathered at a table with an "Enrichment for Children and Youth" sign at a national AIDS and Black Community conference.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
AIDS and the Black Community National Conference, circa 1987
Date Created
1987/1988
Description
Carolyn Watson and other women are shown gathered at a table with an "Enrichment for Children and Youth" sign at a national AIDS and Black Community conference.
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking at a national AIDS and Black Community Conference.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
AIDS and the Black Community National Conference, circa 1987
Date Created
1987/1988
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking at a national AIDS and Black Community Conference.
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of women are shown at a table with an "International" sign at a national AIDS and Black Community conference.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
AIDS and the Black Community National Conference, circa 1987
Date Created
1987/1988
Description
A group of women are shown at a table with an "International" sign at a national AIDS and Black Community conference.
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of women are shown at a table with an "Education" sign at a national AIDS and Black Community conference.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
AIDS and the Black Community National Conference, circa 1987
Date Created
1987/1988
Description
A group of women are shown at a table with an "Education" sign at a national AIDS and Black Community conference.
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of people are shown participating in the 2nd National Conference on AIDS and the Black Community held at Howard University in Washington, D.C. For more details on the conference, see pages 39-43 of the August-September 1987 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07034.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
AIDS and the Black Community 2nd National Conference, May 1987
Date Created
1987-05
Description
A group of people are shown participating in the 2nd National Conference on AIDS and the Black Community held at Howard University in Washington, D.C. For more details on the conference, see pages 39-43 of the August-September 1987 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07034.
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dr. Donald Hopkins, a Centers for Disease Control representative, is shown speaking at the 2nd National Conference on AIDS and the Black Community. Evelyn G. Lowery and Dave Clark, a Washington, D.C. legislator sit and listen. For more details on the conference, see pages 39-43 of the August-September 1987 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07034.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
AIDS and the Black Community 2nd National Conference, May 1987
Date Created
1987-05
Description
Dr. Donald Hopkins, a Centers for Disease Control representative, is shown speaking at the 2nd National Conference on AIDS and the Black Community. Evelyn G. Lowery and Dave Clark, a Washington, D.C. legislator sit and listen. For more details on the conference, see pages 39-43 of the August-September 1987 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07034.
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery sits and looks at documents in her lap as Walter E. Fauntroy and E. Randel T. Osburn look on during the 2nd National Conference on AIDS and the Black Community held at Howard University in Washington, D.C. For more details on the conference, see pages 39-43 of the August-September 1987 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07034.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
AIDS and the Black Community 2nd National Conference, May 1987
Date Created
1987-05
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery sits and looks at documents in her lap as Walter E. Fauntroy and E. Randel T. Osburn look on during the 2nd National Conference on AIDS and the Black Community held at Howard University in Washington, D.C. For more details on the conference, see pages 39-43 of the August-September 1987 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07034.
Subject
Meetings, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Panelists at the 2nd National Conference on AIDS and the Black Community address meeting attendees. The conference was held at Howard University in Washington, D.C. For more details on the conference, see pages 39-43 of the August-September 1987 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07034.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
AIDS and the Black Community 2nd National Conference, May 1987
Date Created
1987-05
Description
Panelists at the 2nd National Conference on AIDS and the Black Community address meeting attendees. The conference was held at Howard University in Washington, D.C. For more details on the conference, see pages 39-43 of the August-September 1987 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07034.
Subject
Meetings, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery and others are shown at the 1st National Conference on AIDS and the Black Community. For more details on the conference, see pages 42-45 of the August-September 1986 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07030. Written on verso: Dr. Edgar Proctor, Pres., GA Medical Assoc., Mrs. Evelyn G. Lowery, Rev. Ken South, AID Atlanta, Sandra S. McDonald, Gil Gerald, Gil Robison.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
AIDS and the Black Community 1st National Conference, May 1986
Date Created
1986-05
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery and others are shown at the 1st National Conference on AIDS and the Black Community. For more details on the conference, see pages 42-45 of the August-September 1986 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07030. Written on verso: Dr. Edgar Proctor, Pres., GA Medical Assoc., Mrs. Evelyn G. Lowery, Rev. Ken South, AID Atlanta, Sandra S. McDonald, Gil Gerald, Gil Robison.
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Health and hygiene, AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series