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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Evelyn G. Lowery is shown with Reverend James Orange and an unidentified man posing for a picture at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in front of the "I Had A Dream" memorial monument.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery and Others at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, circa 1996
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown with Reverend James Orange and an unidentified man posing for a picture at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in front of the "I Had A Dream" memorial monument.
Subject
African Americans--Education, African American women, African American men, Special events, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Amelia Boynton (at center) stands with her hands on the shoulders of Greene County Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Spiver Gordon (left) and Punta Bozeman (right), the daughter of Maggie Bozeman. Written on verso: Cry for Meaningful Voting Rights -- Pilgrims on Carrollton to Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights last February pause in Selma for a prayer in remembrance and in tribute to those who gave their lives to the freedom struggle in the 1960s. Standing is Mrs. Boynton who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights, and (kneeling, left to right) Greene County SCLC President Spiver Gordon, Ms. Punta Bozeman, daughter of Maggie Bozeman, incarcerated on work release in Tuskegee for alleged voter fraud, and Rev. N.Q. Reynolds, president of the Calhoun SCLC chapter in Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Amelia Boynton With Spiver Gordon and Punta Bozeman, February 1982
Date Created
1982-02
Description
Amelia Boynton (at center) stands with her hands on the shoulders of Greene County Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Spiver Gordon (left) and Punta Bozeman (right), the daughter of Maggie Bozeman. Written on verso: Cry for Meaningful Voting Rights -- Pilgrims on Carrollton to Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights last February pause in Selma for a prayer in remembrance and in tribute to those who gave their lives to the freedom struggle in the 1960s. Standing is Mrs. Boynton who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights, and (kneeling, left to right) Greene County SCLC President Spiver Gordon, Ms. Punta Bozeman, daughter of Maggie Bozeman, incarcerated on work release in Tuskegee for alleged voter fraud, and Rev. N.Q. Reynolds, president of the Calhoun SCLC chapter in Alabama.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights, Voting
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series