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.

For:
  • Geographic Location = Alabama--Montgomery
  • Subjects = Crime
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery (in center of photo, at podium), addresses a crowd in front of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Lowery's address was, in part, in response to the killings of Hamp Russaw and Anthony Russaw by police in Eufaula, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Leadership members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including John Nettles, Joseph E. Lowery, Evelyn G. Lowery, and Spiver Gordon, lead demonstrators in a march prompted by the killing of the Russaw brothers in Eufaula, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of demonstrators are shown standing around a casket with protest signs, one of which reads "We Don't Need A Racist Mayor So Beat It Emory Folmar".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of unidentified men walk down a street carrying a casket while others, including a woman in wheelchair, follow behind them.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series