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 President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking to a crowd in Eufaula, Alabama to kick off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage march that lasted one week and stretched 330 miles from Eufaula to Montgomery.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks in Eufaula, Alabama to Kick Off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage, June 1983
Date Created
1983-06
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking to a crowd in Eufaula, Alabama to kick off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage march that lasted one week and stretched 330 miles from Eufaula to Montgomery.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking to a crowd in Eufaula, Alabama to kick off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage march that lasted one week and stretched 330 miles from Eufaula to Montgomery.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks in Eufaula, Alabama to Kick Off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage, June 1983
Date Created
1983-06
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking to a crowd in Eufaula, Alabama to kick off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage march that lasted one week and stretched 330 miles from Eufaula to Montgomery.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators are shown marching in Eufaula, Alabama to protest policy brutality in response to the killings of Hamp Russaw and Anthony Russaw by police officers.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Crowd of Demonstrators at the Eufaula March, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
Demonstrators are shown marching in Eufaula, Alabama to protest policy brutality in response to the killings of Hamp Russaw and Anthony Russaw by police officers.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A child is shown holding a protest sign that reads "Don't Buy in Eufaula".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Child Holds a "Don't Buy in Eufaula" Sign During the Eufaula March, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
A child is shown holding a protest sign that reads "Don't Buy in Eufaula".
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, African American children
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Three women are shown sitting, with one of them holding a protest sign that reads "We Deserve The Right To Live!!" The women were marching in Eufaula, Alabama to protest the killing of the Russaw brothers by police.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Three Women Sit With a Protest Sign at the Eufaula March, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
Three women are shown sitting, with one of them holding a protest sign that reads "We Deserve The Right To Live!!" The women were marching in Eufaula, Alabama to protest the killing of the Russaw brothers by police.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, African American women
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff member E. Randel T. Osburn walks with an unidentified woman along a street in Eufaula, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
E. Randel T. Osburn Walking With an Unidentified Woman in Eufaula, Alabama, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff member E. Randel T. Osburn walks with an unidentified woman along a street in Eufaula, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American men, African American women
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Four demonstrators during the Eufaula march are seen indoors with protest signs behind them. One of the demonstrators appears to be holding a press release from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Four Demonstrators Pose Indoors During the Eufaula March, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
Four demonstrators during the Eufaula march are seen indoors with protest signs behind them. One of the demonstrators appears to be holding a press release from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American men, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Lilian Person stands outside of the Center Ridge School in Eufaula, Alabama. Written on verso: Two Face School: Lilian Person, 18, explains the two faces of the dining hall at the Center Ridge School in Eufaula, Alabama. "The whole place is crumbling, but they painted the front of it because that is what passers-by see."
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Lilian Person at the Center Ridge School in Eufaula, Alabama, circa 1965
Date Created
1960/1970
Description
Lilian Person stands outside of the Center Ridge School in Eufaula, Alabama. Written on verso: Two Face School: Lilian Person, 18, explains the two faces of the dining hall at the Center Ridge School in Eufaula, Alabama. "The whole place is crumbling, but they painted the front of it because that is what passers-by see."
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation, African American students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series