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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Ruby Shinhoster, Karen Reagle, and other SCLC/WOMEN members pose for a picture with a group of children during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event at Christmas time. Written on verso: Bridging The Gap, Xmas 2012.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, 2012
Date Created
2012
Description
Ruby Shinhoster, Karen Reagle, and other SCLC/WOMEN members pose for a picture with a group of children during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event at Christmas time. Written on verso: Bridging The Gap, Xmas 2012.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Children march with signs during a forum event focused on the topic of "women's ballot power".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
"Women in Power" Multicultural Forum , October 16, 2010
Date Created
2010-10-16
Description
Children march with signs during a forum event focused on the topic of "women's ballot power".
Subject
African American children, Women's rights, Voting, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Usher Raymond, IV addresses campers at his Camp New Look at the Ferst Center for the Arts in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Usher's Camp New Look, July 26, 2008
Date Created
2008-07-26
Description
Usher Raymond, IV addresses campers at his Camp New Look at the Ferst Center for the Arts in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African American men, African American children, African American singers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Usher Raymond, IV on stage with Joseph E. Lowery at his Camp New Look at the Ferst Center for the Arts in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Usher's Camp New Look, July 26, 2008
Date Created
2008-07-26
Description
Usher Raymond, IV on stage with Joseph E. Lowery at his Camp New Look at the Ferst Center for the Arts in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African American singers, African American civil rights workers, African American children
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery addresses campers at Usher's Camp New Look at the Ferst Center for the Arts in Atlanta, Georgia while Usher Raymond, IV stands to Lowery's left on stage.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Usher's Camp New Look, July 26, 2008
Date Created
2008-07-26
Description
Joseph E. Lowery addresses campers at Usher's Camp New Look at the Ferst Center for the Arts in Atlanta, Georgia while Usher Raymond, IV stands to Lowery's left on stage.
Subject
African American singers, African American civil rights workers, African American children
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery and Ruby Shinhoster (at right, by tree) are shown posing for a photo with a group of children during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2007
Date Created
2006/2008
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery and Ruby Shinhoster (at right, by tree) are shown posing for a photo with a group of children during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery and Ruby Shinhoster present a young woman with a backpack during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2007
Date Created
2006/2008
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery and Ruby Shinhoster present a young woman with a backpack during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery observes a table full of school backpacks at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2007
Date Created
2006/2008
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery observes a table full of school backpacks at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ruby Shinhoster and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a picture with a "SCLC/WOMEN Bridging the Gap" banner.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2007
Date Created
2006/2008
Description
Ruby Shinhoster and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a picture with a "SCLC/WOMEN Bridging the Gap" banner.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery (on left) is shown posing for with picture with a group of young women during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2005
Date Created
2005/2006
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery (on left) is shown posing for with picture with a group of young women during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown writing in a notebook during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2005
Date Created
2005/2006
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown writing in a notebook during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program banner.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2005
Date Created
2005/2006
Description
A SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program banner.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown holding hands and singing with generations of women during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown holding hands and singing with generations of women during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of young women are shown holding candles and reading from a paper during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
A group of young women are shown holding candles and reading from a paper during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown listening as an unidentified woman speaks during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown listening as an unidentified woman speaks during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jennifer Holliday, singer and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program's honorary chair, is shown speaking to a group of young girls.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
Jennifer Holliday, singer and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program's honorary chair, is shown speaking to a group of young girls.
Subject
African American women, African American children, Meetings, African American singers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown posing with the 1994 Junior Golf Classic winners during SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.'s Drum Major For Justice Scholarship Celebrity Golf Classic event at Brown's Mill Golf Course. Written on verso: Junior Golf Classic winners with Mr. Elijah Walker - junior director - Prizes - Saving Bonds.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major For Justice Scholarship Celebrity Golf Classic, June 1994
Date Created
1994-06
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown posing with the 1994 Junior Golf Classic winners during SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.'s Drum Major For Justice Scholarship Celebrity Golf Classic event at Brown's Mill Golf Course. Written on verso: Junior Golf Classic winners with Mr. Elijah Walker - junior director - Prizes - Saving Bonds.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Sports, African American children
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Raven-Symone performs at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Christmas party for the children of Atlanta.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Christmas Party, December 1992
Date Created
1992-12
Description
Raven-Symone performs at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Christmas party for the children of Atlanta.
Subject
African American children, African American actors, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown posing with a group of children and an unidentified woman during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. poster contest event. Written on verso: SCLC/WOMEN Poster Contest Winners - Atlanta (?)
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery With Others, circa 1994
Date Created
1991/1997
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown posing with a group of children and an unidentified woman during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. poster contest event. Written on verso: SCLC/WOMEN Poster Contest Winners - Atlanta (?)
Subject
African American women, African American children, African American youth--Education
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series