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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Spelman College students are shown demonstrating while others look on.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Spelman College Students March, circa 2000
Date Created
1997/2003
Description
Spelman College students are shown demonstrating while others look on.
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
Atlanta University Center students led by Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff member Albert E. Love march through the streets of Atlanta to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. Written on verso: SCLC Director of Voter Registration and Administration, Rev. Albert E. Love (Left in trenchcoat) leads a group of Atlanta University Center students who carry the SCLC banner in march celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Birthday March for Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15, 1985
Date Created
1985-01-15
Description
Atlanta University Center students led by Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff member Albert E. Love march through the streets of Atlanta to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. Written on verso: SCLC Director of Voter Registration and Administration, Rev. Albert E. Love (Left in trenchcoat) leads a group of Atlanta University Center students who carry the SCLC banner in march celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American universities and colleges, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
College students march on a street in Atlanta, Georgia on Black College Day. Written on verso: Police escorts clear the way for a crowd of young black college students that stretched for more than a block.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Black College Day March in Atlanta, Georgia, 1985
Date Created
1985
Description
College students march on a street in Atlanta, Georgia on Black College Day. Written on verso: Police escorts clear the way for a crowd of young black college students that stretched for more than a block.
Subject
African Americans--Education, African American universities and colleges, African American students, College students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
College students and Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff member Frederick Moore hold signs and banners during a Black College Day march in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Long time staff member Frederick Moore joins a line of chanting cheering college students on the speaker's platform of Woodruff Park in Atlanta.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Black College Day March in Atlanta, Georgia, 1985
Date Created
1985
Description
College students and Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff member Frederick Moore hold signs and banners during a Black College Day march in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Long time staff member Frederick Moore joins a line of chanting cheering college students on the speaker's platform of Woodruff Park in Atlanta.
Subject
African Americans--Education, African American universities and colleges, African American students, College students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Fulton County Sheriff Richard Lankford speaks to students about drug abuse during a Black College Day event in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Sheriff of Fulton County Richard Langford [sic] shared his beliefs on drug abuse with students from West Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Black College Day March in Atlanta, Georgia, 1985
Date Created
1985
Description
Fulton County Sheriff Richard Lankford speaks to students about drug abuse during a Black College Day event in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Sheriff of Fulton County Richard Langford [sic] shared his beliefs on drug abuse with students from West Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Education, African American universities and colleges, African American students, College students, Drug abuse
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff member Brenda Davenport marches with students during a Black College Day event in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Brenda Davenport, Fred Taylor and Kim Miller lead the way and the chants.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Black College Day March in Atlanta, Georgia, 1985
Date Created
1985
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff member Brenda Davenport marches with students during a Black College Day event in Atlanta, Georgia. Written on verso: Brenda Davenport, Fred Taylor and Kim Miller lead the way and the chants.
Subject
African Americans--Education, African American universities and colleges, African American students, College students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Young adults protest the Reagan administration while press in the background capture the event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
College Students Demonstrating, circa 1981
Date Created
1981/1982
Description
Young adults protest the Reagan administration while press in the background capture the event.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, African American universities and colleges, College students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified man speaks at a press conference outdoors in Atlanta, Georgia in front of a crowd of young adults.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Black College Day in Atlanta, Georgia, 1981
Date Created
1981
Description
An unidentified man speaks at a press conference outdoors in Atlanta, Georgia in front of a crowd of young adults.
Subject
African Americans--Education, African American universities and colleges, African American students, College students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of college students gather on a street during Black College Day in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Black College Day in Atlanta, Georgia, 1981
Date Created
1981
Description
A crowd of college students gather on a street during Black College Day in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Education, African American universities and colleges, African American students, College students
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery (at podium) addresses a crowd of college students at a Black College Day event in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Black College Day in Atlanta, Georgia, 1981
Date Created
1981
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery (at podium) addresses a crowd of college students at a Black College Day event in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Education, African American universities and colleges, African American students, College students
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
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