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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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff member Frederick Moore (at right) stands with others holding signs expressing SCLC's support for Chinese students at a vigil event held at the grave site of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Vigil in Support of Chinese Students, June 7, 1989
Date Created
1989-06-07
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff member Frederick Moore (at right) stands with others holding signs expressing SCLC's support for Chinese students at a vigil event held at the grave site of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
Subject
College students, International relations, Protest movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Chinese Americans in attendance at a vigil held by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in support of students from China. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Vigil in Support of Chinese Students, June 7, 1989
Date Created
1989-06-07
Description
Chinese Americans in attendance at a vigil held by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in support of students from China. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
Subject
College students, International relations, Protest movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Chinese Americans and African American demonstrators hold signs supporting Chinese students at a vigil held at the grave site of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Vigil in Support of Chinese Students, June 7, 1989
Date Created
1989-06-07
Description
Chinese Americans and African American demonstrators hold signs supporting Chinese students at a vigil held at the grave site of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
Subject
College students, International relations, Protest movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown with others holding hands and singing at a vigil event held in support of Chinese students at the gravesite of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Vigil in Support of Chinese Students, June 7, 1989
Date Created
1989-06-07
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown with others holding hands and singing at a vigil event held in support of Chinese students at the gravesite of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
Subject
College students, International relations, Protest movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Chinese Americans and other demonstrators hold signs supporting Chinese students at a vigil held at the gravesite of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Vigil in Support of Chinese Students, June 7, 1989
Date Created
1989-06-07
Description
Chinese Americans and other demonstrators hold signs supporting Chinese students at a vigil held at the gravesite of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
Subject
College students, International relations, Protest movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Bishop Desmond Tutu speaks at an International Conference Against Apartheid held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
International Conference Against Apartheid, January 1986
Date Created
1986-01
Description
Bishop Desmond Tutu speaks at an International Conference Against Apartheid held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
Apartheid, International relations, Protest movements, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Bishop Desmond Tutu speaks at an International Conference Against Apartheid held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. On the dais seated in the first row are, from left, Joseph E. Lowery, Eleanor Holmes Norton (to the right of Tutu, standing), an unidentified man, Coretta Scott King, and E. Randel T. Osburn.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
International Conference Against Apartheid, January 1986
Date Created
1986-01
Description
Bishop Desmond Tutu speaks at an International Conference Against Apartheid held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. On the dais seated in the first row are, from left, Joseph E. Lowery, Eleanor Holmes Norton (to the right of Tutu, standing), an unidentified man, Coretta Scott King, and E. Randel T. Osburn.
Subject
Apartheid, International relations, Protest movements, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference leadership members and representatives from the Nicaraguan delegation are shown gathered together in the SCLC headquarter's conference room. At center is Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega. SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery is to the right in the photograph, standing alongside Ortega's wife, Rosario Murillo de Ortega. For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Daniel Ortega Visit to Atlanta, Georgia, 1984
Date Created
1984
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference leadership members and representatives from the Nicaraguan delegation are shown gathered together in the SCLC headquarter's conference room. At center is Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega. SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery is to the right in the photograph, standing alongside Ortega's wife, Rosario Murillo de Ortega. For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, International relations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Rosario Murillo de Ortega and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a photo during a visit by the Ortegas to Atlanta, Georgia. Daniel Ortega, an unidentified woman, and Joseph E. Lowery are to the left talking. For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Daniel Ortega Visit to Atlanta, Georgia, 1984
Date Created
1984
Description
Rosario Murillo de Ortega and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a photo during a visit by the Ortegas to Atlanta, Georgia. Daniel Ortega, an unidentified woman, and Joseph E. Lowery are to the left talking. For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, International relations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young presents Daniel and Rosario Murillo de Ortega with a gift during an event that was part of the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Daniel Ortega Visit to Atlanta, Georgia, 1984
Date Created
1984
Description
Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young presents Daniel and Rosario Murillo de Ortega with a gift during an event that was part of the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, International relations, African American mayors
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Two unidentified women hold a banner that reads "Welcome Daniel Ortega - Stop the U.S. War in Nicaragua! All-Peoples Congress". For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Daniel Ortega Visit to Atlanta, Georgia, 1984
Date Created
1984
Description
Two unidentified women hold a banner that reads "Welcome Daniel Ortega - Stop the U.S. War in Nicaragua! All-Peoples Congress". For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
Subject
Protest movements, Demonstrations, International relations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Two unidentified individuals hold a banner that reads "Welcome Daniel Ortega - Stop U.S. Attacks on Nicaragua". For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Daniel Ortega Visit to Atlanta, Georgia, 1984
Date Created
1984
Description
Two unidentified individuals hold a banner that reads "Welcome Daniel Ortega - Stop U.S. Attacks on Nicaragua". For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
Subject
Protest movements, Demonstrations, International relations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of demonstrators are shown gathered at a protest with one demonstrator holding a sign that protests the Reagan administration's budget cuts. There is a duplicate of this photo at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:02875.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group of Demonstrators Protesting Budget Cuts, circa 1981
Date Created
1981/1982
Description
A group of demonstrators are shown gathered at a protest with one demonstrator holding a sign that protests the Reagan administration's budget cuts. There is a duplicate of this photo at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:02875.
Subject
Demonstrations, African Americans--Economic conditions, Poverty, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Paul Leonard, a member of the South African boys' choir scheduled to perform at Augusta College, is interviewed by the press. Written on verso: Paul Leonard, Age 14, S. African Choir
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
South African Boys' Choir Member Being Interviewed, October 14, 1981
Date Created
1981-10-14
Description
Paul Leonard, a member of the South African boys' choir scheduled to perform at Augusta College, is interviewed by the press. Written on verso: Paul Leonard, Age 14, S. African Choir
Subject
Children, Apartheid, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators are shown marching with a banner that reads "Physicians for Social Responsibility Atlanta".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators at a March, circa 1985
Date Created
1980/1990
Description
Demonstrators are shown marching with a banner that reads "Physicians for Social Responsibility Atlanta".
Subject
Protest movements, Demonstrations, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery (second from left) is shown with his wife Evelyn and other members of the SCLC delegation that traveled to Lebanon as part of a peace mission. The SCLC delegation stand with Yasser Arafat (at center), the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. From left to right in the photo are Evelyn G. Lowery, Joseph E. Lowery, unidentified man, Yasser Arafat, C.T. Vivian, Walter E. Fauntroy, and Reverend Bernard Lee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Meet With Yasser Arafat, September 20, 1979
Date Created
1979-09-20
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery (second from left) is shown with his wife Evelyn and other members of the SCLC delegation that traveled to Lebanon as part of a peace mission. The SCLC delegation stand with Yasser Arafat (at center), the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. From left to right in the photo are Evelyn G. Lowery, Joseph E. Lowery, unidentified man, Yasser Arafat, C.T. Vivian, Walter E. Fauntroy, and Reverend Bernard Lee.
Subject
International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A photo of Yasser Arafat during his meeting with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference peace delegation.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Yasser Arafat, September 20, 1979
Date Created
1979-09-20
Description
A photo of Yasser Arafat during his meeting with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference peace delegation.
Subject
International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery (third from left) is shown with his wife Evelyn and other members of the SCLC delegation that traveled to Lebanon as part of a peace mission. The SCLC delegation stand with Yasser Arafat (at center), the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Meet With Yasser Arafat, September 20, 1979
Date Created
1979-09-20
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery (third from left) is shown with his wife Evelyn and other members of the SCLC delegation that traveled to Lebanon as part of a peace mission. The SCLC delegation stand with Yasser Arafat (at center), the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
Subject
International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, shakes hands with Evelyn G. Lowery.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Yasser Arafat Shakes Hands With Evelyn G. Lowery, Septemer 20, 1979
Date Created
1979-09-20
Description
Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, shakes hands with Evelyn G. Lowery.
Subject
International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks with Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat. Lowery was in Lebanon as part of a SCLC peace mission with other delegation members.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Yasser Arafat, September 20, 1979
Date Created
1979-09-20
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks with Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat. Lowery was in Lebanon as part of a SCLC peace mission with other delegation members.
Subject
International relations, Human rights, Race relations, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series