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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Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with Reverend Al Sharpton (on left), who holds his "SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.: Justice in the Media" Award, and Don Lemon (on right) who holds his "SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.: Communications" Award.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
33rd Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner, April 4, 2012
Date Created
2012-04-04
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with Reverend Al Sharpton (on left), who holds his "SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.: Justice in the Media" Award, and Don Lemon (on right) who holds his "SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.: Communications" Award.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American clergy, African American journalists, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with award recipients Reverend Al Sharpton and journalist Don Lemon at the 33rd Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards dinner.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
33rd Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major For Justice Awards Dinner, April 2012
Date Created
2012-04
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with award recipients Reverend Al Sharpton and journalist Don Lemon at the 33rd Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards dinner.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American clergy, African American journalists, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking at a church.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaking at a Church, 2011
Date Created
2011
Description
Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking at a church.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery preaching in a kente cloth clergy robe.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Preaching in a Kente Cloth Clergy Robe, circa 2010
Date Created
2010/2015
Description
Joseph E. Lowery preaching in a kente cloth clergy robe.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American men, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery standing with his arm around Evelyn G. Lowery at a church alter.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery With His Arm Around Evelyn G. Lowery at a Church Alter, circa 2010
Date Created
2010/2012
Description
Joseph E. Lowery standing with his arm around Evelyn G. Lowery at a church alter.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American men, African American women, African American clergy
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with her daughters Yvonne, Cheryl, and Karen, Muriel Durley, and Reverend Gerald Durley at Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Providence Missionary Baptist Church Service, circa 2010
Date Created
2009/2010
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with her daughters Yvonne, Cheryl, and Karen, Muriel Durley, and Reverend Gerald Durley at Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African American women, African American men, African American clergy, African Americans--Religion
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery speaks during a worship service at Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Providence Missionary Baptist Church Service, circa 2010
Date Created
2009/2010
Description
Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery speaks during a worship service at Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia
Subject
African American men, African American clergy, African Americans--Religion
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with Reverend John Cross at the 19th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards dinner. Cross was the recipient of a Drum Major for Justice Award paying tribute to the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama where Cross was pastor at the time.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
19th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major For Justice Awards Dinner, April 4, 1998
Date Created
1998-04-04
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with Reverend John Cross at the 19th Annual SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Drum Major for Justice Awards dinner. Cross was the recipient of a Drum Major for Justice Award paying tribute to the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama where Cross was pastor at the time.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery points to a historical marker sign with information about Lakeside United Methodist Church in Huntsville, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery, circa 1997
Date Created
1997/1999
Description
Joseph E. Lowery points to a historical marker sign with information about Lakeside United Methodist Church in Huntsville, Alabama.
Subject
Church history, African American men, African American clergy, Methodist Church
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery and Walter E. Fauntroy are shown presenting the Kelly Miller Smith Ecumenical Award to Reverend Cecil Williams at the 35th Annual SCLC Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Reverend Cecil Williams at the 35th Annual SCLC Convention, August 1992
Date Created
1992-08
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery and Walter E. Fauntroy are shown presenting the Kelly Miller Smith Ecumenical Award to Reverend Cecil Williams at the 35th Annual SCLC Convention.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, African American clergy
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A portrait photo of Joseph E. Lowery in a kente cloth clergy robe.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Portrait of Joseph E. Lowery in a Kente Cloth Clergy Robe, 1992
Date Created
1992
Description
A portrait photo of Joseph E. Lowery in a kente cloth clergy robe.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American men, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown posing with Dr. Tyrone Pitts, Dr. R.E. Cooper, Jr, Dr. Baltron Bethel, and an unidentified woman in Mission Bay Baptist Church.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery With Others, 1991
Date Created
1991
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown posing with Dr. Tyrone Pitts, Dr. R.E. Cooper, Jr, Dr. Baltron Bethel, and an unidentified woman in Mission Bay Baptist Church.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American clergy, African Americans--Religion, Meetings
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
Joseph E. Lowery standing in front of a choir and congregation in a church.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Standing in Front of a Choir and Congregation, circa 1988
Date Created
1988/1989
Description
Joseph E. Lowery standing in front of a choir and congregation in a church.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American men, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery hugs his daughter Cheryl during an event celebrating his 40th anniversary as a Methodist minister.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
40 Years in Ministry Celebration, October 23, 1988
Date Created
1988-10-23
Description
Joseph E. Lowery hugs his daughter Cheryl during an event celebrating his 40th anniversary as a Methodist minister.
Subject
African American women, African American clergy, African Americans--Religion, Methodist Church
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend Jesse Jackson shakes hands with Evelyn G. Lowery as Joseph E. Lowery looks on during an event celebrating Lowery's 40th anniversary as a Methodist minister.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
40 Years in Ministry Celebration, October 23, 1988
Date Created
1988-10-23
Description
Reverend Jesse Jackson shakes hands with Evelyn G. Lowery as Joseph E. Lowery looks on during an event celebrating Lowery's 40th anniversary as a Methodist minister.
Subject
African American clergy, African Americans--Religion, Methodist Church
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks during an event celebrating Joseph E. Lowery's 40th anniversary as a Methodist minister.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
40 Years in Ministry Celebration, October 23, 1988
Date Created
1988-10-23
Description
Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks during an event celebrating Joseph E. Lowery's 40th anniversary as a Methodist minister.
Subject
African American clergy, African Americans--Religion, Methodist Church
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery shown rejoicing with his hands up behind a church alter.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Rejoicing with His Hands Up, circa 1986
Date Created
1986/1989
Description
Joseph E. Lowery shown rejoicing with his hands up behind a church alter.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American men, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend Renita Thomas delivers remarks at Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Reverend Renita Thomas, associate minister at Cascade conducts service at Cascade as Pastor Lowery looks on. Also present was Dr. Major Jones, an SCLC board member and retired dean of Gammon Theological Seminary.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend Renita Thomas Conducts Service at Cascade United Methodist Church, 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
Reverend Renita Thomas delivers remarks at Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Reverend Renita Thomas, associate minister at Cascade conducts service at Cascade as Pastor Lowery looks on. Also present was Dr. Major Jones, an SCLC board member and retired dean of Gammon Theological Seminary.
Subject
African American clergy, African Americans--Religion, Methodist Church
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Former Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff member Evelyn Newman greets Joseph E. Lowery as he begins his pastorship at Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Former Staffer greets new pastor -- Evelyn Newman, former SCLC staff member greets new pastor, Rev. Lowery. Newman is faithful member of Cascade.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn Newman Greets Joseph E. Lowery at Cascade United Methodist Church, 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
Former Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff member Evelyn Newman greets Joseph E. Lowery as he begins his pastorship at Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Former Staffer greets new pastor -- Evelyn Newman, former SCLC staff member greets new pastor, Rev. Lowery. Newman is faithful member of Cascade.
Subject
African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African American women
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series