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
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
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown posing for a picture with SCLC/WOMEN Board members, including Lula Williams and Kim White.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Group Photo of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Board Members, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown posing for a picture with SCLC/WOMEN Board members, including Lula Williams and Kim White.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American women social reformers, Meetings, Women's rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Vice President Dan Quayle speaks at the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Vice President Dan Quayle Speaks at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
Vice President Dan Quayle speaks at the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, Political science
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown sitting amongst a choir and others in Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Caption from the November-December 1989 SCLC Magazine, page 14: Glen Halsey directs Cascade United Methodist Church Men's Choirs as they entertain SCLC conventioneers at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. Lowery gave his Annual Address. Seated on the platform are Dr. Lowery, Mrs. Lowery, Fred Shuttlesworth and Ralph Abernathy. See http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07038.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown sitting amongst a choir and others in Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Caption from the November-December 1989 SCLC Magazine, page 14: Glen Halsey directs Cascade United Methodist Church Men's Choirs as they entertain SCLC conventioneers at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. Lowery gave his Annual Address. Seated on the platform are Dr. Lowery, Mrs. Lowery, Fred Shuttlesworth and Ralph Abernathy. See http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07038.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown rising out of their seats during an event held at Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery With Others at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown rising out of their seats during an event held at Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/WOMEN President Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking alongside Carolyn Watson and others at the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery Speaking at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
SCLC/WOMEN President Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking alongside Carolyn Watson and others at the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, African American women social reformers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking in Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaking at the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking in Ebenezer Baptist Church during the 32nd Annual SCLC Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Eugene Marino, Floyd Flake, and Evelyn G. Lowery are shown sitting during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Caption from the November-December 1989 SCLC Magazine, page 46: Prayer Breakfast speaker (c) Cong. Floyd Flake (pastor of the Allen AME Church, Jamaica, N.Y.); Atlanta Archbishop, Eugene Marino (1st African American Archbishop); and Mrs. Evelyn Lowery, SCLC/WOMEN, enjoy the Dallas Ft. Worth Youth Choir. See http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07038.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Eugene Marino, Floyd Flake, and Evelyn G. Lowery, August 1989
Date Created
1989-08
Description
Eugene Marino, Floyd Flake, and Evelyn G. Lowery are shown sitting during the 32nd Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Caption from the November-December 1989 SCLC Magazine, page 46: Prayer Breakfast speaker (c) Cong. Floyd Flake (pastor of the Allen AME Church, Jamaica, N.Y.); Atlanta Archbishop, Eugene Marino (1st African American Archbishop); and Mrs. Evelyn Lowery, SCLC/WOMEN, enjoy the Dallas Ft. Worth Youth Choir. See http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07038.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, African American clergy, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series