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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Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials join hands and sing "We Shall Overcome" at a SCLC campaign event advocating against youth drug and alcohol abuse. Written on verso: Left to right: Kim Miller, associate director youth and student affairs department. Darryl Brown, SCLC specialist on chemical abuse. Mercury Morris, Theo Bell, Rev. Jesse Douglass, Dr. Lowery, Mayor Young, Brenda Davenport. student affairs director, Dick Gregory, E. Randel T. Osburn, Sevell Brown, join in singing We Shall Overcome.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Officials at a Youth Drug and Alcohol Abuse Campaign Event, April 15, 1986
Date Created
1986-04-15
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials join hands and sing "We Shall Overcome" at a SCLC campaign event advocating against youth drug and alcohol abuse. Written on verso: Left to right: Kim Miller, associate director youth and student affairs department. Darryl Brown, SCLC specialist on chemical abuse. Mercury Morris, Theo Bell, Rev. Jesse Douglass, Dr. Lowery, Mayor Young, Brenda Davenport. student affairs director, Dick Gregory, E. Randel T. Osburn, Sevell Brown, join in singing We Shall Overcome.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Drug abuse, Meetings, African American leadership
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a SCLC campaign event advocating against youth drug and alcohol abuse. Written on verso: SCLC president Lowery keeps student spellbound as he tells of drug dangers.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at a Youth Drug and Alcohol Abuse Campaign Event, April 15, 1986
Date Created
1986-04-15
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a SCLC campaign event advocating against youth drug and alcohol abuse. Written on verso: SCLC president Lowery keeps student spellbound as he tells of drug dangers.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Drug abuse, Meetings, African American leadership
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at the Butler Street YMCA Hungry Club Forum.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks at the Butler Street YMCA Hungry Club Forum, circa 1985
Date Created
1984/1986
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at the Butler Street YMCA Hungry Club Forum.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American leadership
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery (at center), the founder and convener of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., is presented with an award from Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery and SCLC Board Chairman Walter E. Fauntroy.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery, Evelyn G. Lowery, and Walter E. Fauntroy, circa 1981
Date Created
1980/1982
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery (at center), the founder and convener of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., is presented with an award from Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery and SCLC Board Chairman Walter E. Fauntroy.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American leadership
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Joseph E. Lowery holds an award plaque that was presented to him at the National Conference of Black Mayors Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery, April 1980
Date Created
1980-04
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Joseph E. Lowery holds an award plaque that was presented to him at the National Conference of Black Mayors Convention.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American leadership
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A portrait photo of Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "PNT Convention, 1979".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery, circa 1978
Date Created
1977/1979
Description
A portrait photo of Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "PNT Convention, 1979".
Subject
African American men, African American civil rights workers, African American leadership
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series