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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An unidentified man is shown posing for a picture next to a sign for the Naval Air Reserve Training Unit in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An Unidentified Man, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
An unidentified man is shown posing for a picture next to a sign for the Naval Air Reserve Training Unit in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
Armed Forces, African American men
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of women are shown gathered for a picture outside of the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Women at the Lorraine Motel, circa 1968
Date Created
1968/1969
Description
A crowd of women are shown gathered for a picture outside of the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy (behind podium), Senator Ted Kennedy, Evelyn G. Lowery, Juanita Abernathy, and others are shown clapping on a stage during a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy and Others During a Poor People's Campaign Event, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Ralph D. Abernathy (behind podium), Senator Ted Kennedy, Evelyn G. Lowery, Juanita Abernathy, and others are shown clapping on a stage during a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Poverty
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy (middle left), Evelyn G. Lowery, and other demonstrators are shown marching in Memphis, Tennessee in support of workers' rights. Written on verso: Memphis 1968
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstration in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Ralph D. Abernathy (middle left), Evelyn G. Lowery, and other demonstrators are shown marching in Memphis, Tennessee in support of workers' rights. Written on verso: Memphis 1968
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series