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 Southern Company stockholders are shown protesting against the purchase of South African coal. Written on verso: Even stockholders join SCLC picket lines against purchase of South African coal.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Company Stockholders Protest Against the Purchase of South African Coal, 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
A group of Southern Company stockholders are shown protesting against the purchase of South African coal. Written on verso: Even stockholders join SCLC picket lines against purchase of South African coal.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, Apartheid, International relations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown demonstrating with other individuals against Southern Company's purchase of South African coal.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Others Protest Southern Company's Purchase of South African Coal, 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown demonstrating with other individuals against Southern Company's purchase of South African coal.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, International relations, Apartheid
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Georgia Price and others in the picket line during a protest against Southern Company's purchasing of South African coal. For more details, see page 47 of the August-September 1986 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07030. Written on verso: Civil Rights Veteran Georgia Price comes out of semi retirement to join protest against "most deadly system in the world".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Georgia Price and Others at an Anti-Apartheid March , 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
Georgia Price and others in the picket line during a protest against Southern Company's purchasing of South African coal. For more details, see page 47 of the August-September 1986 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07030. Written on verso: Civil Rights Veteran Georgia Price comes out of semi retirement to join protest against "most deadly system in the world".
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Apartheid, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Brenda Davenport is shown leading demonstrators in a picket line protesting Southern Company's purchasing of South African coal. Written on verso: Brenda Davenport, SCLC Youth Coordinator leads picketers in chant.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Brenda Davenport Leads Demonstrators in an Anti-Apartheid March, 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
Brenda Davenport is shown leading demonstrators in a picket line protesting Southern Company's purchasing of South African coal. Written on verso: Brenda Davenport, SCLC Youth Coordinator leads picketers in chant.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, Apartheid, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A young boy is shown holding a sign that reads "Keep Americans Working - Buy American Mined Coal" during a protest against Southern Company's purchasing of South African coal. Written on verso: SCLC Youth against apartheid
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Young Boy Protesting at an Anti-Apartheid March, 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
A young boy is shown holding a sign that reads "Keep Americans Working - Buy American Mined Coal" during a protest against Southern Company's purchasing of South African coal. Written on verso: SCLC Youth against apartheid
Subject
Demonstrations, Apartheid, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African American children
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Fred Taylor is shown singing freedom songs to kick off a demonstration to protest Southern Company's purchase of South African coal. Written on verso: SCLC Coordinator of Direct Action, Rev. Fred D. Taylor leads Freedom songs to kick off demonstration.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Fred Taylor Leads Southern Company Protest, 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
Fred Taylor is shown singing freedom songs to kick off a demonstration to protest Southern Company's purchase of South African coal. Written on verso: SCLC Coordinator of Direct Action, Rev. Fred D. Taylor leads Freedom songs to kick off demonstration.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Apartheid
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery marching with others at the 25th Silver Anniversary Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Birmingham, Alabama. Written on verso: One of the highlights of the convention was a candlelight march in memorial of the four girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Avenue Baptist church in 1963 and the thousands of persons that were arrested and beaten in Birmingham during the civil rights struggle. Leading the march (from left to right) are Birmingham SCLC chapter president Rev. Abraham Woods, Mrs. Abraham Woods, Cong. Walter Fauntroy, President Joseph Lowery, Mrs. Evelyn Lowery, Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. Nearly 2000 persons joined the march.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Marching With Others at the 25th Annual SCLC Convention, August 1982
Date Created
1982-08
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery marching with others at the 25th Silver Anniversary Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Birmingham, Alabama. Written on verso: One of the highlights of the convention was a candlelight march in memorial of the four girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Avenue Baptist church in 1963 and the thousands of persons that were arrested and beaten in Birmingham during the civil rights struggle. Leading the march (from left to right) are Birmingham SCLC chapter president Rev. Abraham Woods, Mrs. Abraham Woods, Cong. Walter Fauntroy, President Joseph Lowery, Mrs. Evelyn Lowery, Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. Nearly 2000 persons joined the march.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery marching with others at the 25th Silver Anniversary Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Birmingham, Alabama. From left to right on the front row of marchers: Abraham Woods, Marian Ann Dowdell Woods, Walter E. Fauntroy, Joseph E. Lowery, Evelyn G. Lowery, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Fred Shuttlesworth.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Marching With Others at the 25th Annual SCLC Convention, August 1982
Date Created
1982-08
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery marching with others at the 25th Silver Anniversary Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Birmingham, Alabama. From left to right on the front row of marchers: Abraham Woods, Marian Ann Dowdell Woods, Walter E. Fauntroy, Joseph E. Lowery, Evelyn G. Lowery, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Fred Shuttlesworth.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Birmingham Mayor David Vann observes the protest over the killing of Bonita Carter. Written on verso: Mayor David Vann painfully watches the 4,000 demonstrators call for his ousting and the firing of policeman George Sands.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
David Vann, 1979
Date Created
1979
Description
Birmingham Mayor David Vann observes the protest over the killing of Bonita Carter. Written on verso: Mayor David Vann painfully watches the 4,000 demonstrators call for his ousting and the firing of policeman George Sands.
Subject
Demonstrations, Police brutality, Political science
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery shown holding the key to the City of Birmingham with Evelyn G. Lowery and others standing with him. Written on verso: Lowery removes the key to the City of Birmingham, Alabama from around his neck vowing never to wear it until it opens the door of justice, love, and economic progress. Lowery made the remarks before 4,000 demonstrators who were protesting the shooting death of an unarmed Black woman by a Birmingham police officer.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery With Others Holding Key to the City of Birmingham, circa 1980
Date Created
1978/1982
Description
Joseph E. Lowery shown holding the key to the City of Birmingham with Evelyn G. Lowery and others standing with him. Written on verso: Lowery removes the key to the City of Birmingham, Alabama from around his neck vowing never to wear it until it opens the door of justice, love, and economic progress. Lowery made the remarks before 4,000 demonstrators who were protesting the shooting death of an unarmed Black woman by a Birmingham police officer.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American men, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery and Fred Shuttlesworth lead others in a march in front of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The march was part of the proceedings of the 21st Annual SCLC Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Convention Attendees March in Front of 16th Street Baptist Church During the 21st Annual SCLC Convention, Augu
Date Created
1978-08
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery and Fred Shuttlesworth lead others in a march in front of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The march was part of the proceedings of the 21st Annual SCLC Convention.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, Meetings, Church buildings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery walk up the steps of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church to begin proceedings at the church held as part of the 21st Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Walk With Others Up the Steps of 16th Street Baptist Church, August 1978
Date Created
1978-08
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery walk up the steps of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church to begin proceedings at the church held as part of the 21st Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) member Fred Shuttlesworth marches with SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, his wife Evelyn, and others during a 21st Annual SCLC Convention event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Fred Shuttlesworth, Joseph and Evelyn Lowery, and Others Marching, August 1978
Date Created
1978-08
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) member Fred Shuttlesworth marches with SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, his wife Evelyn, and others during a 21st Annual SCLC Convention event.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Birmingham city council member Don A. Hawkins walks past a group of segregationists at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM8) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 22 -- TRIES TO IGNORE SIGNS -- Don A. Hawkins, a member of the Birmingham city council and one of five city leaders named to meet tomorrow in Washington with President Kennedy, walks past a group of segregationist today at the airport. An altercation took place between Hawkins and some sign bearers moments before. The demonstrators accused Hawkins of being an integrationist and a tool of Mayor Albert Boutwell.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Don A. Hawkins Walks Past a Group of Segregationists, September 1963
Date Created
1963-09
Description
Birmingham city council member Don A. Hawkins walks past a group of segregationists at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM8) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 22 -- TRIES TO IGNORE SIGNS -- Don A. Hawkins, a member of the Birmingham city council and one of five city leaders named to meet tomorrow in Washington with President Kennedy, walks past a group of segregationist today at the airport. An altercation took place between Hawkins and some sign bearers moments before. The demonstrators accused Hawkins of being an integrationist and a tool of Mayor Albert Boutwell.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Birmingham policeman is shown standing in front of a crowd of demonstrators. Caption on verso: MISCALCULATION COULD MEAN VIOLENCE -- Police reaction to jeering crowds, in either north or south, could result in major racial violence in the U.S. this summer. As this policeman in Birmingham faced a crowd in May of this year, so will other law enforcement officers in other cities face demonstrators. A miscalculation in the handling of a crowd could be the spark that touches off a racial conflagration.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Birmingham Policeman Stands in Front of a Crowd, May 1963
Date Created
1963-05
Description
A Birmingham policeman is shown standing in front of a crowd of demonstrators. Caption on verso: MISCALCULATION COULD MEAN VIOLENCE -- Police reaction to jeering crowds, in either north or south, could result in major racial violence in the U.S. this summer. As this policeman in Birmingham faced a crowd in May of this year, so will other law enforcement officers in other cities face demonstrators. A miscalculation in the handling of a crowd could be the spark that touches off a racial conflagration.
Subject
African American men, African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Confederate flag flies outside of Shades Valley High School during a demonstration against integrated schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM5) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- REPLACES AMERICAN FLAG TEMPORARILY -- This Confederate flag was run up the flagstaff of the Shades Valley High School during today's demonstrations against integrated schools. School authorities quickly had it replaced with the American flag. Three schools integrated this week under federal orders. Students from both segregated and integrated schools have demonstrated at several schools in the city in an attempt to get others to join their boycott of classes.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Confederate Flag Flies Outside of Shades Valley High School, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
A Confederate flag flies outside of Shades Valley High School during a demonstration against integrated schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM5) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- REPLACES AMERICAN FLAG TEMPORARILY -- This Confederate flag was run up the flagstaff of the Shades Valley High School during today's demonstrations against integrated schools. School authorities quickly had it replaced with the American flag. Three schools integrated this week under federal orders. Students from both segregated and integrated schools have demonstrated at several schools in the city in an attempt to get others to join their boycott of classes.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of students are shown protesting against the integration of high schools in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- INTEGRATION DEMONSTRATION -- This group, made up of students from three integrated Birmingham High schools, wave Confederate flags and shout for students inside segregated Phillips High School to join their protest demonstration against Negroes attending their schools.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Birmingham, Alabama High School Student Anti-Integration Demonstration, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
A group of students are shown protesting against the integration of high schools in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- INTEGRATION DEMONSTRATION -- This group, made up of students from three integrated Birmingham High schools, wave Confederate flags and shout for students inside segregated Phillips High School to join their protest demonstration against Negroes attending their schools.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
High school students walk past a line of policemen in front of Phillips High School to protest school integration. Caption of photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- JOIN DEMONSTRATION -- Students walk past a line of policemen as they leave Phillips High School (background) today to join students from other city schools protesting integration. Students from integrated and segregated [illegible] held a demonstration outside segregated Phillips High.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Phillips High School Students Protest Against Integration, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
High school students walk past a line of policemen in front of Phillips High School to protest school integration. Caption of photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- JOIN DEMONSTRATION -- Students walk past a line of policemen as they leave Phillips High School (background) today to join students from other city schools protesting integration. Students from integrated and segregated [illegible] held a demonstration outside segregated Phillips High.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A West End High School student stands on a roof speaking through a megaphone to a group gathered in his backyard that walked out of class to protest the integration of Birmingham high schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 11 -- SHOUTING FROM THE HOUSE TOP -- A young West End High student talks through a megaphone to a group gathered in the backyard of his home after they left school today. The walkout came on the second day of integrated classes. The group attempted to demonstrate and when police broke it up they regrouped in the yard a block away.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
West End High School Student Leading Integration Protest from Roof, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
A West End High School student stands on a roof speaking through a megaphone to a group gathered in his backyard that walked out of class to protest the integration of Birmingham high schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 11 -- SHOUTING FROM THE HOUSE TOP -- A young West End High student talks through a megaphone to a group gathered in the backyard of his home after they left school today. The walkout came on the second day of integrated classes. The group attempted to demonstrate and when police broke it up they regrouped in the yard a block away.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series