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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  • Geographic Location = Tennessee--Memphis
  • Subjects = Demonstrations
Joseph E. Lowery is shown alongside Jesse Jackson at a Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Covington Pike Toyota Strike, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
Joseph E. Lowery is shown alongside Jesse Jackson at a Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Labor, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery is shown marching with an "I Am A Man" sign alongside Jesse Jackson and others at a Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Covington Pike Toyota Strike, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
Joseph E. Lowery is shown marching with an "I Am A Man" sign alongside Jesse Jackson and others at a Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Labor, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators representing the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1733, march with other during the Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Covington Pike Toyota Strike, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
Demonstrators representing the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1733, march with other during the Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Labor, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery (at center of photo) is shown amongst a group of demonstrators with signs at a Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Covington Pike Toyota Strike, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
Joseph E. Lowery (at center of photo) is shown amongst a group of demonstrators with signs at a Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Labor, African Americans--Economic conditions
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of demonstrators and press are shown gathered outside of Walker's Lounge and Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "Tennessee: Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969 November".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators and the Press, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A crowd of demonstrators and press are shown gathered outside of Walker's Lounge and Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "Tennessee: Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969 November".
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African American universities and colleges
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
LeMoyne-Owen College students are shown marching with protest signs in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
LeMoyne-Owen College students are shown marching with protest signs in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
Demonstrations, African American universities and colleges, Labor, College students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of men are shown talking to police officers. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "Tennessee: Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969 November".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Police Officers and Demonstrators, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A group of men are shown talking to police officers. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "Tennessee: Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969 November".
Subject
Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of men and women are shown marching, singing, and clapping down the streets of Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A group of men and women are shown marching, singing, and clapping down the streets of Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
LeMoyne-Owen College students are shown marching down South Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
LeMoyne-Owen College students are shown marching down South Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
Demonstrations, African American universities and colleges, Labor, College students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
LeMoyne-Owen College students are shown marching and clapping down the streets of Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
LeMoyne-Owen College students are shown marching and clapping down the streets of Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
Demonstrations, African American universities and colleges, Labor, College students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators are shown marching on South Main Street in front of Dailey's with a protest sign in support of the NAACP and Local 1733.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Demonstrators are shown marching on South Main Street in front of Dailey's with a protest sign in support of the NAACP and Local 1733.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy is shown speaking at a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee. To Abernathy's right on the stage are Senator Ted Kennedy, Evelyn G. Lowery, and Juanita Abernathy. A cut-out photo of Joseph E. Lowery from the 1980s is pasted onto the photo next to Abernathy.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy Speaking at a Poor People's Campaign Event, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Ralph D. Abernathy is shown speaking at a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee. To Abernathy's right on the stage are Senator Ted Kennedy, Evelyn G. Lowery, and Juanita Abernathy. A cut-out photo of Joseph E. Lowery from the 1980s is pasted onto the photo next to Abernathy.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Poverty
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 on a Stage 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
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Poverty
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Juanita Abernathy, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Evelyn G. Lowery are shown marching with others on a street in Memphis, Tennessee as part of the Poor People's Campaign.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Juanita Abernathy, Ralph D. Abernathy, Evelyn G. Lowery and Others March in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Juanita Abernathy, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Evelyn G. Lowery are shown marching with others on a street in Memphis, Tennessee as part of the Poor People's Campaign.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Poverty
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy is shown speaking at a podium in front of others during a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee. Senator Ted Kennedy is seated at the far right in the photo.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy Speaking at a Poor People's Campaign Event, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Ralph D. Abernathy is shown speaking at a podium in front of others during a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee. Senator Ted Kennedy is seated at the far right in the photo.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Poverty
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Juanita Abernathy, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Evelyn G. Lowery are shown marching arm in arm down the street with others during a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Juanita Abernathy, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Evelyn G. Lowery Holding Arms While Marching Down the Street, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Juanita Abernathy, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Evelyn G. Lowery are shown marching arm in arm down the street with others during a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Poverty
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy, Evelyn G. Lowery, and Joseph E. Lowery are shown marching arm in arm down the street with others during a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery With Others Marching Arm In Arm, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Ralph D. Abernathy, Evelyn G. Lowery, and Joseph E. Lowery are shown marching arm in arm down the street with others during a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Poverty
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown marching with Ralph D. Abernathy, Juanita Abernathy, and others in Memphis, Tennessee as part of a Poor People's Campaign event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Marching, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown marching with Ralph D. Abernathy, Juanita Abernathy, and others in Memphis, Tennessee as part of a Poor People's Campaign event.
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 (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