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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A photo of the crowd at the 1980 Democratic National Convention during Ted Kennedy's speech "Dream Will Never Die".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Democratic National Convention, August 1980
Date Created
1980-08
Description
A photo of the crowd at the 1980 Democratic National Convention during Ted Kennedy's speech "Dream Will Never Die".
Subject
Political science, Political campaigns
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A photo of the crowd at the 1980 Democratic National Convention during Ted Kennedy's speech "Dream Will Never Die".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Democratic National Convention, August 1980
Date Created
1980-08
Description
A photo of the crowd at the 1980 Democratic National Convention during Ted Kennedy's speech "Dream Will Never Die".
Subject
Political science, Political campaigns
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Producer Ely Landau and film stars Ruby Dee and Paul Newman are shown conversing with director Sidney Lumet. Attached caption reads: STARS WORK FOR KING TRIBUTE -- Photo left to right: Producer Ely Landau, and film stars Ruby Dee and Paul Newman confer with director Sidney Lumet in New York City just prior to filming special dramatic reading sequences for the two-and-a-half-hour motion picture film: "KING: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis", scheduled to be shown on Tuesday evening, March 24th at 8:00 P.M. on a one-time only simultaneous showing in more than one thousand theaters across the country. Tickets are $5 tax-deductible. Total proceeds will go into the Martin Luther King Jr. Special Fund which will seek through its program to support Dr. King's principles and ideals of using non-violent methods in the war on poverty and illiteracy and the struggle for civil and human rights for all peoples.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ely Landau, Ruby Dee, Paul Newman, and Sidney Lumet, 1970
Date Created
1970
Description
Producer Ely Landau and film stars Ruby Dee and Paul Newman are shown conversing with director Sidney Lumet. Attached caption reads: STARS WORK FOR KING TRIBUTE -- Photo left to right: Producer Ely Landau, and film stars Ruby Dee and Paul Newman confer with director Sidney Lumet in New York City just prior to filming special dramatic reading sequences for the two-and-a-half-hour motion picture film: "KING: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis", scheduled to be shown on Tuesday evening, March 24th at 8:00 P.M. on a one-time only simultaneous showing in more than one thousand theaters across the country. Tickets are $5 tax-deductible. Total proceeds will go into the Martin Luther King Jr. Special Fund which will seek through its program to support Dr. King's principles and ideals of using non-violent methods in the war on poverty and illiteracy and the struggle for civil and human rights for all peoples.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American actors, African American entertainers, Human rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Norman Butler, the accused assassin of Malcolm X, is shown at New York City's police headquarters with a detective. Written on verso: Police hold accused Malcolm X slayer Norman 3X Butler, 26 year-old Black Muslim charged in the slaying of Black nationalist leader Malcolm X, is shown at police headquarters at 240 Centre St. in New York today after his arrest. Police called Butler an "enforcer" for the Muslims. Shown with him is a detective. 2/26/65
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Norman Butler and a New York City Detective, February 26, 1965
Date Created
1965-02-26
Description
Norman Butler, the accused assassin of Malcolm X, is shown at New York City's police headquarters with a detective. Written on verso: Police hold accused Malcolm X slayer Norman 3X Butler, 26 year-old Black Muslim charged in the slaying of Black nationalist leader Malcolm X, is shown at police headquarters at 240 Centre St. in New York today after his arrest. Police called Butler an "enforcer" for the Muslims. Shown with him is a detective. 2/26/65
Subject
African American men, Crime, Black power
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of people are shown lined up outside of Unity Funeral Chapel waiting to attend Malcolm X's funeral in New York City. Written on verso: From New York. WAITING TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS - Standees wait behind police barricades at 126th Street and Eighth Avenue in New York, Feb. 24, for entry to the Unity Funeral Chapel where slain Muslim Leader Malcolm X is laid out. As precautionary measure police searched all packages being carried by persons entering the chapel. Unity Funeral Home.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
People Waiting To Attend Malcolm X's Funeral, February 24, 1965
Date Created
1965-02-24
Description
A crowd of people are shown lined up outside of Unity Funeral Chapel waiting to attend Malcolm X's funeral in New York City. Written on verso: From New York. WAITING TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS - Standees wait behind police barricades at 126th Street and Eighth Avenue in New York, Feb. 24, for entry to the Unity Funeral Chapel where slain Muslim Leader Malcolm X is laid out. As precautionary measure police searched all packages being carried by persons entering the chapel. Unity Funeral Home.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, Funeral rites and ceremonies
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jesse Gray leads picketers outside of the Municipal Building in New York City protesting housing concerns and slum conditions. Written on verso: Jesse Gray Pickets -- The Director of Community Council on Housing, Jesse Gray, today led pickets in front of the Municipal Building, demanding the immediate arrest of slum lords. 8/10/64.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jesse Gray and Others Picketing, August 1964
Date Created
1964-08
Description
Jesse Gray leads picketers outside of the Municipal Building in New York City protesting housing concerns and slum conditions. Written on verso: Jesse Gray Pickets -- The Director of Community Council on Housing, Jesse Gray, today led pickets in front of the Municipal Building, demanding the immediate arrest of slum lords. 8/10/64.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Housing, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A civil rights demonstrator is arrested in New York City in an effort to block traffic to the World's Fair. Caption on photo reads: (FA12) NEW YORK, APRIL 22 - POLICEWOMEN HOLD DEMONSTATOR - Two New York City policewomen hold demonstrator after police broke up an attempt by civil rights demonstrators to block a road near the main entrance to the New York World's Fair this morning. Civil rights demonstrators trying to block traffic to the fair's opening ceremonies lay down on the street and at least one car was reported stalled and pushed out of the way by police.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Policewomen Arresting Protester in New York City, April 22, 1964
Date Created
1964-04-22
Description
A civil rights demonstrator is arrested in New York City in an effort to block traffic to the World's Fair. Caption on photo reads: (FA12) NEW YORK, APRIL 22 - POLICEWOMEN HOLD DEMONSTATOR - Two New York City policewomen hold demonstrator after police broke up an attempt by civil rights demonstrators to block a road near the main entrance to the New York World's Fair this morning. Civil rights demonstrators trying to block traffic to the fair's opening ceremonies lay down on the street and at least one car was reported stalled and pushed out of the way by police.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge en route to demand better educational services for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. Written on verso: Puerto Ricans on the March -- Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, March 1, en route to the Board of Education offices in Brooklyn to press their demands for improved educational facilities for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. The marchers, estimated at more than 2,000, rallied outside city hall and then marched to Brooklyn. Towers of the bridge and part of New York City skyline are in the background.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators Marching Across the Brooklyn Bridge, March 1, 1964
Date Created
1964-03-01
Description
Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge en route to demand better educational services for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. Written on verso: Puerto Ricans on the March -- Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, March 1, en route to the Board of Education offices in Brooklyn to press their demands for improved educational facilities for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. The marchers, estimated at more than 2,000, rallied outside city hall and then marched to Brooklyn. Towers of the bridge and part of New York City skyline are in the background.
Subject
Demonstrations, Protest movements, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil rights demonstrators protest at the Florida Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. Caption on photo reads: (FA4) WORLD'S FAIR, N.Y. April 28 -- FLORIDA PAVILION PICKETED -- Members of the Florida chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality picket the Florida Pavilion at the World's Fair. Police asked the pickets to leave the Fair grounds. They refused and were then taken into the custody of World's Fair police.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protesters at the World's Fair, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Civil rights demonstrators protest at the Florida Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. Caption on photo reads: (FA4) WORLD'S FAIR, N.Y. April 28 -- FLORIDA PAVILION PICKETED -- Members of the Florida chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality picket the Florida Pavilion at the World's Fair. Police asked the pickets to leave the Fair grounds. They refused and were then taken into the custody of World's Fair police.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller is shown standing with Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson at the Testimonial Dinner held for Robinson at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on July 20, 1962.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Nelson Rockefeller, Branch Rickey, and Jackie Robinson at the Jackie Robinson Testimonial Dinner, July 20, 196
Date Created
1962-07-20
Description
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller is shown standing with Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson at the Testimonial Dinner held for Robinson at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on July 20, 1962.
Subject
African American athletes, African American men, Sports, Political science
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jackie and Rachel Robinson are shown standing behind a podium with Branch Rickey at the Testimonial Dinner held for Robinson at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on July 20, 1962.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jackie and Rachel Robinson With Branch Rickey at the Jackie Robinson Testimonial Dinner, July 20, 1962
Date Created
1962-07-20
Description
Jackie and Rachel Robinson are shown standing behind a podium with Branch Rickey at the Testimonial Dinner held for Robinson at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on July 20, 1962.
Subject
African American athletes, African American men, African American women, Sports
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jackie and Rachel Robinson are shown standing with Nelson Rockefeller and others guests at the Testimonial Dinner held for Robinson at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on July 20, 1962.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jackie and Rachel Robinson With Nelson Rockefeller and Others at the Jackie Robinson Testimonial Dinner, July
Date Created
1962-07-20
Description
Jackie and Rachel Robinson are shown standing with Nelson Rockefeller and others guests at the Testimonial Dinner held for Robinson at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on July 20, 1962.
Subject
African American men, Political science, African American athletes, African American women
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series